Found this really cool article at the LA Times online talking about how more and more adults are finally catching on to all the great stuff being published for teens these days.
Just a taste:
“YA authors are able to take themselves less seriously. They’re able to have a little more fun, and they’re less confined by this idea of themselves as Very Important Artists. That paradoxically leads them to create far better work than people who are trying to win awards.”
According to [Lizzie Skurnick], who also reviews adult fiction for publications including The Times, YA books are “more vibrant” than many adult titles, “with better plots, better characterizations, a more complete creation of a world.”
“There’s some amazing, vibrant, fantastic literature in the YA venue,” said Cecil Castellucci, a young adult author who recently started the Pardon My Youth book club at Skylight Books in Los Feliz to “help people understand that YA literature is not just for young adults.”
Read the rest here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-young-adult8-2010mar08,0,1082099.story
So everybody read lots and lots of teen books, m’kay?
Cool. Circulation stats doubled.
Need a suggestion? If you’re still into vampires, I recommend the hilarious, snarky, and oh-so-romantic Hearts at Stake: The Drake Chronicles by Alyxandra Harvey.
You can also check out our After Twilight @ CCPL booklist or www.vampirelibrary.com for more series and titles.
Always,
Missy
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