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Young adult literature
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Literature written for adolescents and young adults
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Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. Stories that focus on the challenges of youth may be further categorized as social or coming-of-age novels.

Instance of
sub-set of literature
Literary genre
Academic discipline
Subclass of
young adult fiction
Part of
children's and youth literature
Different from
Children's literature
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