[CASL-L] Most Influential YA Books Ever?

[Cathy Andronik]

Influential YA books? 

Of course, the ones that started it all:  The Outsiders, The Pigman The Chocolate War.

Forever by Judy Blume, if we're talking about influential rather than "literature"--for dealing openly with the subject of teen sex.

Annie on My Mind--teen lit came out of the closet

Monster by Walter Dean Myers--teen lit can come in all sorts of "packages," not just traditional narrative

American Born Chinese--made the graphic novel a legitimate YA literary form (Maus came first, but was more adult crossover)

Speak--has empowered a generation

The First Part Last--teen parents, nonjudgmentally

Hatchet--more middle grade than high school, but it's still the king of survival stories

Harry Potter series--fantasy lives!!!!  Kids will actually read LONG, LONG books!!!  A series of MANY LONG, LONG books!!!!!

Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicholson series (Angus, Thongs,  & Full-Frontal Snogging, etc.)--It's okay for for YA books to be funny--and very, very British.

The Hunger Games--there were always sci-fi dystopian YA novels, but this brought sci-fi to a whole new audience

Feed--I always wish this book were more popular, as it speaks so well to the current techmania

Jack Gantos' autobiography (can't think of the title right now; brain freeze!)--just because you've been through the penal system in your youth doesn't mean you can't be successful writing really funny children's and YA books!


Cathy Andronik
Brien McMahon HS
Norwalk


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What do you consider the most influential YA books ever published?




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