It’s Okay to Read YA
Why would an adult want to read a YA book? I have a few theories on this matter. One, I believe that adults read YA books because it takes some back to being a teenager and, for a moment, forgetting all of their problems. It is a way to escape from the pressures of the adult world and help them back to a time where they might not have to pay bills, worry about their jobs, and can spend time with friends again. That doesn’t mean that teenagers’ lives cannot be hard, just that it may be different enough from adult experiences to feel like a refuge for an adult.
An adult might read a YA book to feel better about themselves. The majority of YA books are coming of age, when the main character develops over a period of time both emotionally and physically from the beginning of the book to the end. Everyone has a coming of age story, and a good number of adults are still going though that period. When an adult reads a YA book, and it is a coming of age, it can help that adult reflect back to when they started to develop and grow. They can have time to reflect on their development and be happy with the person they’ve become.
Reading a YA book can also help adults, especially parents, connect with their teen family members about hard topics that might come up in discussion. There is a good majority of YA books, fiction and non-fiction, that tie into what is going on in teen lives, from the personal to pop culture. Some of the books that are being published touch on topics that are finally getting a spotlight, and being talked about among people of all ages. Reading YA books as an adult can help understand teenagers and what they might be going though socially.
YA books are for everyone’s enjoyment and benefit. So, if you are an adult and want to check out a YA book, do it with pride.
Here are a few YA book that any teen and adult would enjoy reading.
Type of book: Dystopia
ISBN: 9780062024200
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life. The decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Type of book: Tear-Jerker
ISBN: 9780803734968
"A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah”
Type of book: Rom-com
ISBN: 9781534438378
“Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes, but she's written each boy a letter about how she felt, and sealed it, and hid it in a hatbox under her bed. One day she finds that her secret box of letters has been mailed, and her life goes out of control.”
Type of book: Classic
ISBN: 9780062498533
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
Type of book: Page Turner
ISBN: 9781250105714
Sadie's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated Colorado town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. When Mattie is found dead, and the police investigation is botched, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice. She hits the road following a few meager clues. When West McCray, a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America, hears Sadie's story, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.
Type of book: Coming of Age
ISBN: 9780316463997
After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.
Type of book: Romance
ISBN: 9780553496680
Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them.
Type of book: Classic
ISBN: 9781442408920
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked.
Type of Book: Grief
ISBN: 9780525425892
After leaving her life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit.
Type of Book: Fantasy
ISBN: 9781627792127
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first
-Miss. Becca, West Windsor
Comments
Post a Comment