Asked by: Sara Daehn

Can a YA book have an adult protagonist?

Young Adult (YA)

Young adult protagonists will be between the ages of 14 and 21 with some overlap into NA, especially as darker themes are entertained. Young adult is a wide arching age range. At it’s younger end the books tend to fall into the ‘sweet’ category.

What age is YA intended for?

12 and 18

Young adult fiction (also referred to as “YA fiction” for short) describes works written for readers between the ages 12 and 18, which can emerge from any fiction genre but will always share certain characteristics specific to the young adult reading category.

What is the difference between YA and fantasy?

Other things more characteristic of YA compared to adult fantasy include capable female protagonists, first person POV, and a shorter word count. But adult fantasy is a vast genre with a rich history—and plenty of books have capable female protagonists, first person POV, and/or a shorter word count.

Is Harry Potter a fantasy YA?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone is not a YA novel. It’s middle-grade, meaning it’s for children between the ages of 8 and 12.

What’s the difference between YA and Na?

New adult (NA) fiction is a developing genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18–30 age bracket. St. Martin’s Press first coined the term in 2009, when they held a special call for “fiction similar to young adult fiction (YA) that can be published and marketed as adult—a sort of an ‘older YA’ or ‘new adult'”.

Can adults read YA?

Perhaps this is one of the reasons YA has become widely-read by adults: these books are now part of mainstream culture, and adults simply know about them (and choose to read them).

Is Percy Jackson middle grade?

Examples of middle grade fiction include Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, and the early Harry Potter books.

What is the difference between MG and YA?

If you said MG is for readers ages 8–12, and YA is for readers ages 13–18, then give yourself a check plus.

Is the outsiders the first YA novel?

After all, unlike the works that preceded it, S.E. Hinton’s first novel was written while she was a teenager busy enduring high school. But it’s not true that The Outsiders was the first book written for—or about—teenagers and their problems.

Why is The Outsiders a banned book?

This book has been banned from some schools and libraries because of the portrayal of gang violence, underage smoking and drinking, strong language/slang, and family dysfunction. However, in many U.S. schools, the book is part of the English curriculum at the middle- or high-school level.

Who is the protagonist of the novel The Outsider?

Ponyboy Curtis

Ponyboy Curtis is the protagonist of The Outsiders. He is also the novel’s narrator, which means that he shares his story of maturation from his own perspective.

Why is The Outsiders a coming of age novel?

The Outsiders can be termed a coming-of-age novel because of the many topics that the story deals with. Cigarette smoking, like many serious issues, is treated in the novel as part of everyday life.

How is Ponyboy coming-of-age?

Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and the rest of his friends and siblings are forced to mature and grow up quicker and earlier than most of the average people due to the traumatic/tragic experiences that they had to face during their everyday conflict between “The Socs” (their rival social group).

How does The Outsiders relate to teens today?

The Outsiders coming of age tale still resonates with today’s teenagers Back to video. Some watchdog organizations find the idea of gang violence and the street slang in the novel disturbing, yet it remains a popular novel with young adult readers.

Why is The Outsiders still popular?

The Outsiders, a novel by S. E. Hinton, was first published in 1967. In the last 50 years it has become a classic piece of literature that teachers use with middle and high school students. Teachers still teach this novel for many reasons, essentially because its importance has lasted for a half of century.

Why is The Outsiders so popular today?

The feeling of being an outsider is universal, and it’s part of the appeal of the book. The Outsiders is one of the best-selling young adult novels of all time and is part of the reading curriculum in schools around the world. Hinton says her readers around the world respond to the book in the same way.

Why should The Outsiders be taught in school?

When younger kids read this book and the quote, they would try to be more caring toward others and try to have more empathy or help each other when someone is hurt. The Outsiders should be taught in schools because it shows teenagers what they need to prepare for in the future.

Why do 7th graders read The Outsiders?

The story was inspired by an event that took place at Hinton’s high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960’s and quickly became a coming-of-age classic. The Outsiders remains popular and is a favorite of students because many of the issues that were prevalent among teens in the 1960s are still relevant today.

How long should it take to read The Outsiders?

The average reader will spend 3 hours and 12 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).

What grade do you read The Outsiders?

The Outsiders (M Books)

What is the reading level of Lord of the Flies?

This book’s Lexile measure is 770L and is frequently taught in the 9th and 10th grade. Students in these grades should be reading texts that have reading demand of 1050L through 1335L to be college and career ready by the end of Grade 12.

Is The Outsiders kid friendly?

S.E. Hinton’s, The Outsiders is a great book for elder kids and young teens to read. I recommend the book for 11 years and up. The story focuses around Ponyboy, his brothers, and their gang. The story takes place during the 1960’s in Oklahoma.