After Addison Stone, a talented street artist, mysteriously drowns, her former teacher investigates her death. It’s written like a longform piece of journalism. The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin But here are some truly unique, lesser-known novels that you should absolutely read before making up your mind. So, to my lab partner who will probably never see this: it’s ok not to like YA books. Just like prominent adult books, popular YA books do not represent the entire category. Also, there’s some jumbled gushing, and then my closing point – that judging the whole of YA based on a few recognisable titles is like reading, say, James Patterson or EL James, and then decrying all adult books because of it. I’ve even composed an entire speech in my head about why she should give the category another try, starting with the fact that hypervisible YA books say more about what people are willing to buy than about YA itself. I still regret not recommending her any YA books. In another – the, ok, actual one – I just nodded and said nothing, figuring an argument wasn’t worth it. In that moment, I swear two timelines opened up: in one, I launched from my chair and Mean Girls-style tackled her, rattling off a list of YA books she should read before disregarding such a diverse category.
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