6/26/2023 0 Comments Bloom kevin panetta read online![]() ![]() The term “young adult” in reference to literature actually originated in the periodical “The Guardian of Education” in 1802 when Sarah Trimmer made a distinction between “Books for Children,” readers up to 14, and “Books for Young Persons,” readers 14 to 21. I think about my young adulthood, and I feel a tightness in my chest - just a knot of anxiety right behind my sternum. Still, I’m a quick study and got all the credits I needed to start my young adulthood by the spring semester. Being an emotionally late bloomer and goody-two-shoes, I chose to defer my adolescence until my freshman year of college. ![]() Granted, a young one, but an adult nonetheless.” If you ask me, a 36-year-old full adult, what ages I would consider a “young adult,” I would maybe say junior in high school until they have their first very serious, not hypothetical conversation about health insurance. ![]() Have you ever looked at a 14-year-old, let alone a 12-year-old, and thought, “There is an adult. By Lisa Gullickson - Did you know that the literary designation of “Young Adult Fiction,” more commonly known as “YA Fiction,” refers to readers ages 12 to 18? That is totally ridiculous. ![]()
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