YA
Teen reader category
YA is an abbreviation for young adult, used primarily in publishing and libraries to categorize books aimed at teenagers and readers roughly ages 12 to 18.
The YA genre spans everything from fantasy epics to realistic fiction about high school life.
I've been reading a lot of YA lately.
The term distinguishes these works from children's books on one end and adult fiction on the other.
Person just past adolescence
- novelNew and unusual
- fictionImagined narrative work
- genreCategory of creative work
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
bookstore · library · reading · storytelling · narrative · author · writer · bestseller
Teenage developmental stage
- teenagerPerson aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
identity · self-discovery · transition · independence · high school · middle school · peer pressure · hormones
Person just past adolescence
- abbreviationShortened word form
- initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
Opposite of no
- yepLaid-back assent
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- agreementShared position between parties
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
informal · casual · colloquial · interjection · conversational
young adult
Person just past adolescence
publishing · bookstore · library · reading · storytelling · narrative · author · writer · bestseller · dystopian
adolescence
Teenage developmental stage
maturation · identity · self-discovery · transition · independence · high school · middle school · peer pressure · hormones · rebellion
young adult
Person just past adolescence
- abbreviationShortened word form
- initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
yes
Opposite of no
- yepLaid-back assent
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- agreementShared position between parties
acknowledgment · informal · casual · colloquial · interjection · conversational
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- kids' bookschildren's literature, storybooks, picture books, easy readers, bedtime stories
- Novelsnovel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby
- fiction genresfiction, fantasy, novel, horror, thrillers
- YA fictionyoung adult, teen romance, teenage protagonists, juvenile fiction, youth literature
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
Books targeting grown readers
adult · middle grade · children's literature · picture books · old
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
- see yaCasual spoken goodbye
- see ya later
- love yaCasual expression of fondness
- ya know
- there ya goConfirmation of success
- catch ya laterCasual farewell phrase