The field of YA Lit

Well, here I go. Attempting to make my blog interesting to readers and good enough to receive a good drade in my class :). This blog is going to dedicated to parents who do not know if a certain book would be appropriate for their child. I will be giving my personal oppinion on the characters, authors, and themes of the books. I will be going into detail on many of the books, maybe even giving away some of the endings. (I don't want to ruin anything for anyone!) Through my blog I hope to assist parents in knowing if the books I will be reading are the right type for their child, and if the theme is what they are hoping their children will enjoy. To begin my blog I am going to go over the field of YA literature overall and discuss some personal oppinions. Hope I am a help!

The field of Young Adult Literature is much broader than I ever would have expected it to be. I was very surprised to realize the impact that YA novels have on so many people. It was interesting to learn about the Kidlitosphere (a blog set up fpr young adult readers), publishing industry, and the impact that YA books have on bookstores, but the topic I was most interested in was the fact that many great YA novels go unrecognized.

I did not know till recently that there are actual awards that are given to YA novels. The fact that so many people do not know about these awards is astonishing. Everyone has heard about the New York Times Best Seller list, and the Newbery award, but there are also certain awards that are dedicated to YA novels that I never even knew existed. Just because a book is characterized as 'Young Adult' does not mean that it is not worthy of broad recognition.
I am thankful for taking YA Literature class because it opened my eyes to an entire list of amazing books that I had never even heard of. It has given me an all new appreciation for the YA books!