YA is a marketing and age-based category that aids bookstores, librarians, teachers and parents in choosing books, but a YA book can belong to any genre. That means a YA novel might be fantasy, science fiction, mystery, romance, horror, thriller or mainstream.. Rule #1 - Write only for your reader. Censorship looms large over YA fiction. The formative aspect of the genre means that parents, usually the ones actually paying for the books, are often on the lookout for subjects and themes they don't want their children to encounter. This can exert a lot of psychological pressure on the YA writer.

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Young adult books promote inclusivity and diversity, with many books including characters from various backgrounds. Diversity and Representation. Often, young adult novels include characters with various racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds while also exploring sexuality and gender identity. YA literature is known for providing a safe space.. YA books present the lives of teens in honest and uncritical ways. They are the kind of books that speak to them in only the way that they can, because they're not trying to push an agenda or minimise them.. whether one defines young adult literature narrowly or broadly, much of its value cannot be quantified but is to be found in how it.