Young-adult fiction

Paperboy Adolescence is a difficult transition in one’s life, a shift from childhood to the freighting realties of adulthood. Along with many uncomfortable decisions, teens deal with the most confusing situation of all: sexuality. This coming of age not only causes some uncertainty, but can also encourage the individual to see humans as foundations of sexual feelings. The twenty-eight-line poem by Melanie McCabe titled, “Paperboy,” uses abstract and often complex imagery to capture the ideals…

Many of them think they drop them in school as they go in. But what really happens behind those doors only the student and their "so called" friends know what happens. I know when I was young my father would drop off right infront of the highschool I would wait for a couple of minutes then continue to walk right past the school entrance and go to a friends house. As soon as the report cards came in I would change the absences to zero.…

As a child or young adult you commit many errors. As I can recall I like most young adults had done something bad with consequences. It was a warm summer day the sky was clear. The streets full of cars. Children playing and having fun due to summer vacation. I woke up that morning not really knowing what I was going to do that day clueless on how my day was going to go. That morning I did the usual got dressed and relaxed. Towards noon I got a text from a friend. My friends planned to skate by…

Adolescence is a difficult time in anyone's life. Many teens are caught up between trying to be an adult and wanting to stay a child. There are certain characteristics that reflect which part a teen is stuck on, such as maturity. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden the narrator is greatly lacking in maturity. Throughout this novel he exemplifies that he is a very impulsive teen with the want to be an adult. Holden has many outbursts showing he has no control over his actions and is…

When children reach adolescence this is a visible sign that a change from the position of childhood protection to adulthood independence and freedom is being developed. According to “Erikson” adolescences are confronted with the decision of what they choose to become and who they want to be and where they want to end up in the future. By the time a child reaches this point of development their environmental, ethical, and social surrounding will have had a great influence on the choices they make…

wrote a new series The Brotherband Chronicles while also continuing his Ranger’s Apprentice series. The books were originally written for his teenage son to see heroes that didn’t need a lot of strength and then continued the stories for other young adults to enjoy and find motivation in. As seen by his personal social media, John Flanagan has been much loved by many of his fans when met in person and shares the multitude of fan art that they make for the series. Such examples included photos of…

Speaking Up - A Teen’s Greatest Challenge People are unique and have different perspectives and opinions about certain things that occurred in our society. People require speaking up in order to communicate their thoughts and feelings to the society. A lot of teenagers find it difficult to speak up. They choose to stay silent when something is essential to be said. Speaking up when it may otherwise seem impossible is a teen’s greatest challenge because it may take risks, trigger rebellions and…

Janie Johnson, a casual, curious, and confident teenage girl, gets a quite unexpected turn during her freshman year in high school when she sees herself in a “kidnapped at a young age” ad. In this novel, Janie must decide if she should believe or even act upon this ad. This draws readers in because many young adults face hard situations daily, and struggle to do the right thing. The Face on the Milk Carton is challenged due to its sexual content and challenge of authority, according to…

personalities and issues has to become of your main understandings. They need special attention and quality time that they may not be receiving anywhere else. Youth ministers must be ready to balance there life along with the adolescent teens and adults they are becoming a part of as well. Speaking to Chase about some of the important qualities of being a youth minister in this generation, he talked about how much you are being watched by everyone. No, not everyone is looking to tear you down…

Involvement in sports will forever change a young adult’s life. Sports are one of the keys to having success as a growing and developing teenager in this day and age. The positions in this article “True Sport” authored by Travis T. Tygart and M.D. Richard W. Cohen are very positive toward teenager involvement in sports. These authors are very convincing due to their three main points that are focused on in their article, how academic performance improves, physical and psychological benefits of…