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Hodgepodge
100
This series was only referenced in the paper, however it has been one of the most successful series in history. AVADA-KEDAVRA!!!
What is Harry Potter
100
Goodreads incorporates Listopia into its website. It lists the most popular novels for young adults among one of its many categorizations. Some other websites show the dollar value associated with the titles, deeming popularity.
What is it that young adults are reading today?
100
TSN's Sportcenter, Remembrance Day programming, my pug's snoring.
What is good background noise.
100
The only book out of the three that does not have a love triangle. (9)
What is Seraphina
100
Number of languages The Hunger Games is printed in.
What is 26
200
These people proved to be a valuable resource in finding answers and reactions to the texts in question.
Who are high school students.
200
Authors generally write about something that touches them. By writing, they often find out the answer to a question, or at least raise awareness to an issue - unless you are Stephenie Meyer: "I never write messages. I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates me." I am utterly ecstatic to see all the teenage girls walking around with this series as their substitute scripture. (sarcasm)
Does the author have influence over his/her reader?
200
Interviews with authors provided most of my research, apart from the books themselves. This is a rare opportunity to decipher the author's purpose. Interviewing the readers also proved fruitful. The secondary students were much more candid than I had imagined and offered me their personal opinion on the novels.
What is first-hand knowledge is superior to third.
200
Number of interviews incorporated into this paper - both online and in person. (5)
What is seven
200
Nationality of Seraphina author Rachel Hartman
What is Canadian
300
This novel is the biggest dissapointment, in my opinion. However, young adults go nuts over both cold-blooded and warm-blooded immortals.
What is Twilight
300
Extending the story beyond a single novel allows the characters to become more enriched. More characters are developed to a fuller extent. The plot can be revisited in a future revisit, and the setting can be developed further. This is especially important considering that most settings are entirely made up, which calls for further description.
Why are most science fiction and fantasy novels based in a series?
300
Possibly the worst role model when it comes to writing. She writes about dreams, which is not bad in itself, but admits to not including messages in her writing. Love is the main theme in her series, but she states that this facet piqued her interest.
Who is Stephenie Meyer
300
Sponsors of the event: Worlds of Tomorrow - The Rise of Sci-Fi in Children's and Young Adult Fiction (3 - 16)
Who is the Society of Authors
300
Gross of the first installment of Twilight - book and film combined.
What is 582 million.
400
The future looks bleak in this sci-fi gladiator series. Tip: Threaten to eat poisonous berries to get what you want!
What is The Hunger Games
400
Science fiction and fantasy allow the reader's imagination to take hold. The author relates realistic problems in an alternate setting. Suzanne Collins states: "Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times. So, in the case of the Hunger Games, issues like the vast discrepancy of wealth, the power of television and how it's used to influence our lives, the possibility that the government could use hunger as a weapon, and then first and foremost to me, the issue of war."
Why is science fiction and fantasy so prevalent among young adult genres?
400
56% female, 36%male, 15% male and female.
What is the percentage of female protagonists in fiction since the millenium?
400
First name of the author of Twilight. In almost all of her interviews, she boasts that the idea to write the books came to her in a dream. Considering that she is a mid-thirties woman, she shouldn't be dreaming of teen vampires and werewolves in a love triangle. (9)
Who is Stephenie.
400
#1 on Listopia's Most Popular Young Adult Novels of All Time.
What is Harry Potter
500
Dragons rule the skies, and the land, in this debut novel by Canadian author Rachel Hartman. What's a half-dragon/half-human girl gotta do to make a prince fall in love with her?
What is Seraphina
500
The majority of the young adult fiction novels released in the last few years have a female as the character who holds the power. It is her decisions that drive her life, as well as the other character's. Historically, males have owned this role, or the female based her actions on the male perspective.
What is the reasoning behind the rise in the female protagonist?
500
Freedom with the foundations of a research paper. Telling my story rather than the findings of others. It is hard to break out of the learned behaviour of a university research paper author. We must break out of our comfort zone every now and then.
What did I discover pertaining to the writing process?
500
Last name of the author who I first followed. This is also the author who ultimately inspired my passion for reading and writing. (5)
Who is Stein.
500
Age range of young adult as defined by the Young Adult Library Association
What is 12-18.