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Young Adult Collections
The young adult collections are selected with our teen patrons in mind. The themes, language, and situations are appropriate for that age group, roughly middle school through high school readers. You can recognize all young adult materials by the bright red and yellow "YA" stickers on the spines. You will find young adult materials in the following sections:
Young Adult Nonfiction
This small but growing collection contains high-interest nonfiction materials, many with more mature themes than nonfiction located in the children's nonfiction. You will also find selected "classic" literature in the 800's section. You can recognize young adult nonfiction titles by the "Y" and Dewey Decimal number printed on the spine label, directly beneath the bright yellow and red "YA" sticker.
Young Adult Fiction
This collection contains works of fiction by writers specializing in literature for teens. Young adult fiction titles are labeled with a "Y" and the author's last name on the spine label directly beneath the red and yellow "YA" sticker. These titles are arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
Young AdultPaperbacks
The young adult paperback collection are softcover versions of the young adult fiction titles, or titles only printed in softcover format. In addition to the bright yellow and red "YA" sticker on the spine, these titles can be recognized by the "YPB" and author's last name printed on the spine label. Like the young adult fiction, these titles are arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
Young Adult Comics
One of the most popular collections in the library, these titles include graphic novels (novels in comic panel format), manga, collected volumes of previously published comics, collections of comic strips, and selected single issue comics. Subject matter runs the gamet from popular comic strip characters such as "Zits", to superheros, to original works such as Bone. We are always looking for suggestions for this dynamic collection. You can recognize the YA comics by the "YC" and author's last name printed on the spine label.
Browsers can also find books on tape and magazines for young adults.