YOUTH NOW

What YA Fiction Taught Me

Young adult novels are bravely exploring the biggest themes of our era and creating a community of empowered teenagers in the process

Keith Stuart
GEN
Published in
10 min readSep 7, 2018

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WWhen I started writing my second novel early last year, I made a gigantic mistake. At the time, I didn’t see it as a gigantic mistake; I saw it as a smart…

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Keith Stuart
GEN
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Journalist/novelist. Author of A Boy Made of Blocks and Days of Wonder. Veteran video game player. Twitter: @keefstuart