Why YA? Stephen King as Honorary YA Author by Chloe Jacobs

Do you think Stephen King should be an honorary YA author? Who else would you make an honorary YA author? And what adult books did you read as a teen that would probably be published as YA today?

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Greta and the Goblin King (The Mylena Chronicles book 1) by Chloe Jacobs Coming in November of 2012 by Entangled Publishing ISBN: 9781620610022 |
Filed under: Chloe Jacobs, Greta and Goblin King, Stephen King, The Talisman, Why YA?

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Child of the Holocaust by Jack Kuper. I'll never forget this book.
Joy School by Elizabeth Berg. http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345423092
Orson Scott Card's Enders game. It used to be shelved strictly in the adult science fiction section but now you will also find it on the ya shelves along with Ender's shadow.
Yes. And Harlan Coben (although he's writing for teens now), Kathy Reichs (so is she) Nicholas Sparks (my students LOVE his books) James Patterson — great books for reluctant readers!
I actually thought the Ender series was written for teens…they definitely enjoy them.
I remember reading this book when I was young, too Kathryn. It stays with you. Something everyone should read, I think.
All right, I see how this is going. Everyone's going to make me cry today, with the books right? LOL
I actually haven't read this one, but Amazon is shelving it strictly as Sci-Fi so I'm glad you brought it up today Jamie. Definitely a series to put on my list!
I think it's fabulous that so many authors have recognized that kids/teens can be a huge part of their market. It says a lot about the success of North American literacy programs! (which could still use lots of support)