Young Adult Literature Reflections: What is Young Adult Literature?

What is Young Adult Literature? Or
What Isn’t Young Adult Literature?
            Young Adult literature is a very fluid thing. It is not just a book, or books, it is a co-captain on a literary adventure. It is hard to define sometimes because there is not particular topic that is more, or less, “Young Adult.” I love the fact that it is typically dominated by an independent protagonist! Bring on the early independence in teenagers!
            YA also shows young readers that other people have gone through similar experiences to their own! It is a very comforting thing to know that you are not alone in an experience. The readers can also learn from somebody else’s mistake, even if that somebody is fictional. When these kids are reading, these people are not fictional. They are the reader! That can be a very powerful experience!
            Most of these books are also short enough to keep the attention of youth without overdoing it and losing them. They cannot learn from a protagonist’s experience if they never get to the lesson part!

            Young Adult literature is a hugely important part of a reader’s journey. It helps to develop them into the adults the world needs them to become and it is an important job to be the one who leads them through it!

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