Review: Reading Young Adult Literature: A Critical Introduction

In lieu of an abstract: Carrie Hintz and Eric L. Tribunella’s Reading Young Adult Literature offers an effective and concise critical introduction to the field of YA literature studies. It systematically explores the growth and development of adolescence as a social concept and of YA literature as both a publishing phenomenon and a pedagogical tool. Adopting intersectional methodologies, the book combines frameworks of textual and critical close reading with social and legal history, psychology, literary theory, publishing history, and literary criticism. Though not the first book to historicise or theorise YA literature, what sets this publication apart is its accessibility for new and established researchers, teachers, and readers alike.