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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Violet Made of Thorns (Violet Made of Thorns, #1)
The Valkyrie's Daughter
Youngblood
The Charmed List
The Darkening (The Darkening, #1)
Wake the Bones
The Witchery
Long Story Short
Master of Iron (Bladesmith, #2)
Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey, #2)
Accomplished (Georgie Darcy, #1)
Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries, #3)
Dauntless
Meet Me in the Middle
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    Last Summer Boys
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
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    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
    Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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    The Fault in Our Stars
    Divergent (Divergent, #1)
    Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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