Etiqueta: YA
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The Portrayal of Teenage Mental Health: Turtles All the Way Down
“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.” John Green Aza Holmes is 16 years old, she lives in Indianapolis with her mom, and she has OCD. There is a callus on her finger that she presses every time she gets anxious about…
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Into the Twilight Zone, Chapter 1: On Twilight and YA Literature
The Twilight Saga is a four-book series that debuted in 2005. It was written by American author Stephenie Meyer and it is a young adult novel that chronicles the romance between a teenage girl and a mysterious and handsome vampire. On Twilight In case you have not read any of the four books, watched any…