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FiCTION.

CHILDREN.

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.

 

Children's literature can be traced to stories and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the 15th century, a large quantity of literature, often with a moral or religious message, has been aimed specifically at children. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries became known as the "Golden Age of Children's Literature" as this period included the publication of many books acknowledged today as classics.

 

THE CREATIVE REALM'S RECOMMENDED CHILDREN 

 

1. Henry Cole - Brambleheart 
2. Sandy Hagee Parker - The Adventures of Pajama Girl: The Coronation of the Cupcake Queen 
3. Cammie McGovern - Just My Luck 
4. Antoinette Portis - Wait 
5. Mordicai Gerstein - The Night World

FiCTION.

YOUNG ADULT.

Young adult fiction or young adult literature, often abbreviated as YA, is fiction written, published, or marketed to adolescents and young adults. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association (ALA) defines a young adult as someone between the ages of twelve and eighteen. Authors and readers of young teen (YA) novels often define the category as literature traditionally written for ages ranging from sixteen years to the early twenties, while Teen Adult Fiction is written for the ages of ten to fifteen. The terms young adult novel, juvenile novel, young adult book, etc. refer to the works in the YA category.

The subject matter and story lines of YA literature are typically consistent with the age and experience of the main character, but YA literature spans the spectrum of fiction genres. YA stories that focus on the specific challenges of youth are sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming-of-age novels. According to 2013 statistics by the speculative fiction publisher Tor Books, women outnumbered men by 68% to 32% among YA submissions to the publisher, a gender distribution converse to that observed in adult science fiction and most other fantasy

 

THE CREATIVE REALM'S RECOMMENDED YOUNG ADULT 

 

1. Tarun Shanker - These Vicious Masks #1 
2. Jeff Garvin - Symptoms Of Being Human
3. Jay Northcote - The Law Of Attraction 
4. Suki Fleet - Foxes 
5. Sean-Paul Thomas - The Fairy Boy of Calton Hill 

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