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Topic: Young Adult

Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" (Prime Video)

Why "The Summer I Turned Pretty" works

Nardos Haile
Red, White & Royal Blue (Prime Video)

Gen Z's coming out still faces hurdles

Nardos Haile
Judy Blume Forever (Courtesy of Prime Video)

Judy Blume is "furious" over book bans

Alison Stine
Kit Connor and Joe Locke in "Heartstopper" (Netflix)

Tweens need more than "Heartstopper"

Alison Stine
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Ella Purnell as Teen Jackie, Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari and Keeya King as Teen Akilah in "Yellowjackets" (Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME)

The fierce YA logic of "Yellowjackets"

Alison Stine
(iStockphoto/Porechenskaya/Salon)

How YA female protagonists are changing

Kelly Roberts - The Conversation
Harding Stadium, home of the Steubenville High Big Red football team, Steubenville, Ohio, January 8, 2013. (Reuters/Jason Cohn)

Imagining Steubenville

Rachel Kramer Bussel
John Green (AP/Evan Agostini)

The book is just the start

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta

A Jazz Age thriller for teens

Laura Miller
(@CourtneyStodden)

Prachi Gupta
Charlize Theron in "Young Adult"

Diablo Cody's ultra-awkward new comedy

Andrew O'Hehir
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