We are living in a golden age of young adult books. Here, books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation. It is an ever-growing hugely popular genre that plays an immensely popular part of teenage life. The imaginative story-lines combined with the exploration of emotions are a feature in our everyday lives.
Thus, this proves that such books help to discover the complex, and occasionally daunting, a world that we live in. Books based on young adult books are well known for confronting the hard-hitting and occasionally taboo subject. Subjects such as LGBT, drug use, pregnancy, bullying, death, and terminal diseases… the list goes on.
Experiencing these complexities of life vicariously through literature is a safe way for the reader to gain knowledge of new experiences. This could really help them later on in their lives. It also invites the readers to empathize with individuals who are unlike themselves. By engaging with books of this genre, people can really become exposed to characters. Even the ones, they may not have come across in real life.
Readers of young adult books can identify similarities between themselves. Characters in such books make readers comfortable that they are not alone in this world. They relate to such stories on a whole new level. Through these books, a person can also tackle political themes and ask the reader to determine between right and wrong actions.
It challenges the reader’s perception of the world. And it offers the opportunity of self-discovery. Ultimately this book prepares the young adults to enter the adult world. As well as it encourages enthusiasm and promotes love for reading. For this very reason young adult books are an indispensable part of every reader, be it ardent or one who seldom reads.
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