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Young Adult Literature

Information about the YA genre and CSULB's collection.

Young Adult Fiction Authors

A list of YA Fiction authors from Wikipedia

Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Last Night I Sang to the Monster

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Call Number: PZ7.5 .SAEN

Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson; Lori Earley (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.5 .ANDE

Libba Bray
The Diviners

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Call Number: PZ7.5 .BRAY

Sharon Draper
The Jericho Trilogy
John Green
The Fault in Our Stars

Paper Towns by John Green
Call Number: PZ7.5.GREE

David Levithan
Boy Meets Boy
Marie Lu
The Legend Series
Tahereh Mafi
The Shatter Me Series
Patrick Ness
The Rest of Us Just Live Here

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Call Number: PZ7.5.NESS

Daniel Jose Older
The Book of Lost Saints
Jason Reynolds
All American Boys

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: PZ7.5.REYN

Rainbow Rowell
Carry On

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Call Number: PZ7.5.ROWE

Andrew Smith
Winger

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Call Number: PZ7.5 .SMIT

Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against the Night

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Call Number: PZ7.5 .TAHI

Nicola Yoon
Everything, Everything

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Call Number: PZ7.5 .YOON

Young Adult Non-Fiction Authors

Neal Bascomb

The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
Call Number: DD247.E5 B374 2013
Winner 2014

Candace Fleming

The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
Call Number: DK258 .F5725 2014

Cynthia Levinson

We've Got a Job by Cynthia Y. Levinson
Call Number: F334.B69 N4476 2012

Steve Sheinkin

Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: E278.A7 S5 2010
Winner 2012