Young Adult Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction/Fantasy Individualized Literature Jan. 2015
What is it? A story, long or short, with a teenage hero as the protagonist. Usually the story focuses on issues important to young adults. A lot also focus on teenagers dealing with tough stuff like: illness, divorce, drugs, gangs, crime, violence, sexuality, incest, poverty and rape. This category also it also includes adventure, romance, science fiction, mystery, survival, the supernatural, vampires, fantasy, and horror stories AS LONG AS THE PROTAGNOIST IS A YOUNG ADULT struggling with issues important to young adults.
H ISTORICAL F ICTION – SET SOMETIME IN THE PAST.... A MERICAN R EVOLUTION, V IETNAM, THE 60’ S.
S CIENCE F ICTION S ET IN ALTERNATE WORLDS IN THE PAST, OTHER WORLDS, LOST KINGDOMS, ALIENS, TIME TRAVEL, CAN HAVE MAGIC, DRAGONS
F ANTASY M AGIC, VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, DRAGONS,...
INTRODUCING CPU' S MOST POPULAR " YOUNG ADULT AUTHORS."
Meg Cabot
P.C. Cast
Cassandra Clare
Suzanne Collins
ogle.com/ Allyn Condie
ogle.com/ James Dashner
Sarah Dessen
Lynne Ewing
Becca Fitzpatrick
John Flanagan
Michael Grant
John Green
Margaret Haddix
Ellen Hopkins ogle.com/
Anthony Horowitz
Lauren Kate
Stephen King
Gordon Korman
Mike Lupica ogle.com
Richelle Mead ogle.co
ogle.com Gary Paulsen
James Patterson ogle.com
Veronica Roth
Lisa Schroeder ogle.com
ogle.com Sonya Sones
Nicholas Sparks
Lili St. Crow
J. R. R. Tolkien
Scott Westerfeld