Young Adult

Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 13 to 18.

Young-adult fiction, whether in the form of novels or short stories, has distinct attributes that distinguish it from the other age categories of fiction. The vast majority of YA stories portray an adolescent as the protagonist, rather than an adult or a child. The subject matter and story lines are typically consistent with the age and experience of the main character, but beyond that YA stories span the entire spectrum of fiction genres. The
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Persephone's Curse
There's Always Next Year
Seven All Alone
Twin Tides
Wrack & Rune
Coldwire (Coldwire, #1)
Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea, #1)
My Roommate From Hell
Witchlight (The Witchlands, #5)
A Fate So Cold (A Fate So Cold, #1)
The Cuffing Game
Deadly Ever After
I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends
Red as Royal Blood
Gilded in Vengeance
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