YOUNG ADULT

LITERATURE
Thousands of new young adult books are published each year. When these
are added to the books already in print, teachers and library media
specialists often face a difficult task in selecting appropriate, quality
literature that meets the developmental, intellectual, and social needs of
adolescents as well as the school’s curricular standards.
Perhaps the ideal way to accomplish this is for educators to read young
adult literature and make their own judgments about its quality and
appropriateness. Unfortunately, given the large number of young adult
books published each year, it is not possible for any educator to read more
than a sample of the new young adult literature that reaches the market.
WHY YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE?

the genre appeals to the interests

of the studenta.
the genre is flexible interms of
comprehensible level.
contemporary yound adult
literature is timely.
the genre is still vastly unexplored.