![]() ![]() ![]() There is no board of anonymous suits putting compulsory ratings on book jackets using hard-and-fast (though arbitrary) rules on what a teenager should and should not read. Do you know why? Because teenagers get to choose their own books. The term “teenager” was coined in the 40s, but according to literary publishing, they still don’t exist. The term “young adult” in reference to literature actually originated in the periodical “The Guardian of Education” in 1802 when Sarah Trimmer made a distinction between “Books for Children,” readers up to 14, and “Books for Young Persons,” readers 14 to 21. I think about my young adulthood, and I feel a tightness in my chest - just a knot of anxiety right behind my sternum. Still, I’m a quick study and got all the credits I needed to start my young adulthood by the spring semester. Being an emotionally late bloomer and goody-two-shoes, I chose to defer my adolescence until my freshman year of college. ![]() Granted, a young one, but an adult nonetheless.” If you ask me, a 36-year-old full adult, what ages I would consider a “young adult,” I would maybe say junior in high school until they have their first very serious, not hypothetical conversation about health insurance. ![]() Have you ever looked at a 14-year-old, let alone a 12-year-old, and thought, “There is an adult. By Lisa Gullickson - Did you know that the literary designation of “Young Adult Fiction,” more commonly known as “YA Fiction,” refers to readers ages 12 to 18? That is totally ridiculous. ![]()
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