Young adult books are some of the best books. These books are the ones that are written for young adults between the ages of 12 and 16. What is special about these books is that they still have the innocent childish effect that children’s books have and they also have this new added maturity.
Most children’s books are written very securely, without sounding too scary, so as not to give them nightmares. But when they reach early adulthood, children become more curious and want to know all about things they haven’t explored before. That’s when they start reading young adult books that help them discover themselves better. The other reason they read these books is that their parents, who prevented them from reading these scary books, now feel that they are old enough and buy copies of these books for them.
Some popular fiction books belonging to this age group are “Twilight”, “Harry Potter”, “Eragon”, and so on. They have sold millions of copies and continue to sell many more copies each year. “Harry Potter” and “Eragon” belong to the most popular fantasy book genre and this has been the reason for their success.
Twilight has been successful because vampire fiction is a favorite with readers. There is a demand for vampire fiction books and many authors have started writing many vampire fiction books recently, which have done very well. Some good fiction books about vampires are Dracula and Fevre Dream.
Just because these books are called young adult books and written for young adults does not mean that they are supposed to be read solely by them. In fact, younger children can read them too. There are many children who are ready and confident to read young adult books like Harry Potter and they enjoy reading them.
You are also never too old to read these books. Adults can enjoy these books too. This is because when a book is well written, anyone will enjoy reading it.
It also does not mean that young adults should only read these books and no other books. They should be allowed to read any book they want. If they feel that they are ready to read difficult books written for adults, they should be allowed and if they enjoy reading picture books written for children, they should also be allowed to read them.
So if your child wants to read a book that is not in his age category, you should allow him to read it, since it is not the age that matters, it is the knowledge that he acquires that is important. You can also read the book beforehand and make sure it is age appropriate, before giving it to him to read.