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YA Crossover Reads for Adults
- 1. YA Crossover Reads for Adults Katie LaMantia Teen Librarian Schaumburg Township District Library
- 2. What is young adult literature? • Category, not a genre • Literature for and about teenagers • Amorphous • Dynamic - The Value of Young Adult Literature, Michael Cart YALSA 2008
- 3. How do YA books differ from Adult books? • Protagonist age • Situations they deal with are reflective of teen life and lifestyle • Audience is intended to be teen readers
- 4. What makes a great young adult novel? • Engaging Plot and Compelling Storyline • Originality • Authenticity • Strong characters **Whatmakes a great YA book?The same qualities that makes a great Adult Fictionbook**
- 5. Who’s reading YA and why now? • 2012 Publishers Weekly Study • 55% of people who purchased young adult books were over the age of 18 • 78% purchased for their own reading #whyadultsreadya “I love the intensity of 1st time experiences, experimentation & growth we’re told to stop doing as adults”- Sarah Ockler
- 6. The Big 3: The Ultimate YA Crossover Books • Harry Potter • Hunger Games • Twilight
- 7. Genre Blending Hybrid novels that borrow 1 or more elements from other genres Name a genre blended YA book
- 10. Graphic Novels
- 11. Manga
- 12. Realistic Fiction: Historical, Humor, Reflective, Relationships
- 16. Reflective
- 17. Relationships
- 18. Speculative Fiction: Dystopia, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Science Fiction
- 19. Can’t Fail Classic Crossovers
- 20. Dystopia
- 22. Horror
- 23. Science Fiction
- 24. Prolific Adult Authors Who Write YA Fiction
- 27. Book Clubs for Adults Who <3 YA • Bi-Monthly • Books available 1 month prior to meeting • Alternate genres • Make it timely! • Tie in other events and coordinate with library programs • Book to movie
- 28. Book Club picks…
- 29. Great go-to Book Discussion Questions • Was the novel authentic and the characters believable? • How did you experience the book? Were you engaged immediately? • Did the narrative style work for you? • What passages strike you as insightful or profound? Has the novel changed or moved you? • Did you like the book? Why or why not?
- 30. Resources to find great YA books Awards • Printz • Edwards • Best Fiction for Young Adults • Teens Top 10 • Abraham Lincoln Award • National Book Award
- 31. Resources to find great YA books continued… • TeenReads • 20SomethingReads • Teen Librarian Toolbox • Forever Young Adult • YA Books Central • Goodreads
- 32. Contact info Katie LaMantia Schaumburg Township District Library klamantia@stdl.org
Notes de l'éditeur
- Introduction: Job, Teen Librarian 4 years, started 20s-30s program series which coincidentally has a bimonthly program called YABC that reads exclusively YA books. Why are you here? Teen Librarians, Adult librarians, want book recommendations? Do you run a young adult book club for adults?
- White Paper on the Value of YA Lit by Michael Cart The term “young adult literature” is inherently amorphous, because “young adult” and “literature” are dynamic, changing as culture and society — which provide their context — change. The size of this population segment has also increased as the conventional definition of “young adult” has expanded to include those as young as ten and, since the late 1990s, as old as twenty-five. YALSA also acknowledges that whether one defines young adult literature narrowly or broadly, much of its value cannot be quantified but is to be found in how it addresses the needs of its readers. Often described as “developmental,” these needs recognize that young adults are beings in evolution, in search of self and identity; beings who are constantly growing and changing, morphing from the condition of childhood to that of adulthood. That period of passage called “young adulthood” is a unique part of life, distinguished by unique needs that are – at minimum — physical, intellectual, emotional, and societal in nature. By addressing these needs, young adult literature is made valuable not only by its artistry but also by its relevance to the lives of its readers. And by addressing not only their needs but also their interests, the literature becomes a powerful inducement for them to read, another compelling reason to value it, especially at a time when adolescent literacy has become a critically important issue. http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/whitepapers/yalit YA Genre Map: http://www.bookcountry.com/ReadAndReview/Books/GenreMap/ Genres: YA Mystery/Thriller, LGBTQ, Contemporary, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Historical
- Protagonist is almost always between the ages of 12-18 and the characters they interact with in school, unless. dealing with issues that are usually unique to the jr. high/high school experience (if it is set in a realistic timeline), or still first love, sex, postgraduate futures, saving the world. Things they don’t deal with: carpooling children to work, mortgages, divorces- aka things unique to the adult experience Also- a lot of genre blending, elements of paranormal sometimes slip into an adventure or spy novel to aid the protagonist
- Unpredictability is key Smart characters, unreliable narrators that don’t depend on tropes or the same storylines Basically what makes a great YA book is what makes a great adult fiction book! When I speak of crossover books, it means that the book has qualities that adult audiences generally appreciate in a novel.
- Blog post circulated a few years ago about ridiculous reasons why adults read ya and it includes: unnatural and prolonged adolescence, YA books are escapist and easier to understand, they aren’t able to read past a middle grade or high school level, nostalgia based, etc. She ends with because they choose to. Malinda Lo, a YA science fiction author challenged this with the hashtag: #whyadultsreadya- got many responses such as “immediacy of story, lack of pretension, imagination still reigns and cynicism isn’t quite as present.” YA is brutally present, way to remind yourself subconsciously of all of the possible things. “Unpacking Why Adults read Young Adult Fiction” Why does anyone read anything? Recapture youth. Because a good book is a good book. When was the last time you read a YA book? Why?
- Name others Game changers in modern YA lit Can also throw in City of Bones which has a rabid fan base John Green and TFIOS also spurred on a supposed “renewed” interest in YA lit when TFIOS was published in 2012 50 Shades of Grey came from dedicated fanfiction. There was also Twilight Moms
- SLJ wrote an article about this recently Ways to engage a wider cross section of readers in new and exciting ways. Give me a zombie who’s one of the last survivors on a war ravaged Earth that needs to fight the totalitarian government on his imprisoned spaceship, but falls in love with his guard who’s really the prince of former America. Who wants to tell me what genre that should be? Bruchac- adventure, dystopian, thriller? The Luxe series- Anna Godbersen (historical, paranormal) Why We Broke Up- Daniel Handler
- Killers- son of notorious serial killer teams up with police force to prove that he is not joining the family business, but Jazz has a secret too and is barreling straight towards it as the body count gets higher and the blackouts continue. Night She Disappeared- when Gabie’s coworker at the pizza place is kidnapped, a fate that was meant for her, she becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. This suspenseful mystery builds, but what really makes it special are the multiple POVs including the kidnappers and the different formats- newspaper clippings, evidence pieces, interviews and other memorabilia. It also makes you wonder that through the glut of the media- billboard and commercial ads, how much we tune out every day and if we would notice a kidnapping sign or look to recognize a victim any more?
- Mentioned in the handbook: Lumberjanes, Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel- geeky 16 year old Muslim girl in New Jersey New 52- Marvel Gotham Academy- DC This One Summer- read at YABC, won the Caldecott which is defined as a picture book for which children are the intended potential audience.
- Handbook: Naruto, Black Butler, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z- longstanding series that some younger adults may have grown up with Naruto Black Butler Fairy Tale Attack on Titan Tokyo Ghoul Sword Art Online
- Laurie Halse Anderson?
- Historical Fiction: Book Thief- do I really have to say anything more?, Code Name Verity, Between Shades of Grey- out of the easy, takes place in new orleans in the 1950s brothel, intriguing? Quintessential YA novels of the 80s and 90s that began the YA phenomenon. Required reading if you will. Any other novels you feel belong on this list? The Outsiders and Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Dancer, Daughter- 1982 Eleanor and Park- 1986 Aristotle and Dante- 1987
- Cameron Post- 1990s Althea and Oliver- mid 90s about
- Internal struggles that may not be publicly acknowledged. 2 most prolific ones are Speak by LHA and Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Once perhaps referred to as perhaps “problem novels” this is a mislabel as they struggle to integrate their newly formed identity into their public lives.
- External conflicts faced by teens in larger world. Relationships of all types
- Classic Crossovers- Tamora Pierce, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman
- ¾ won the Edwards? Gaiman won the caldecott for Graveyard book
- Classics- Hunger Games and now Divergent- Veronica Roth
- Adult fiction authors who write YA Sherrilyn Kenyon Gail Carriger Meg Cabot Richard Paul Evans James Patterson Harlan Coben
- Sometimes the more out there books provide the best conversation. Find book club questions- print out
- Printz- best YA book of the year Edwards- lifelong contribution to YA
- It’s also that time of year when everyone is making lists- Top 10, 100 of everything. But we also have to be skeptical and check resources or vet it. Buzzfeed sometimes has great lists and other times it’s a bit of a question mark? Not so great list- Time Magazine 100 Best YA books of all time, published end of 2014, about ½ were middle grade or Adult Fiction, included books such as Charlotte’s Web, Matilda, Phantom Tollbooth. Books that are wonderful, but emphatically not YA. Also, only 9 of the books out of 100, were written by diverse authors, or people of color.
- Add cute gif- Frozen Elsa