A collection of essays on young adult Gothic fiction and what it reveals about our changing society. The contemporary resurgence of the Gothic in young adult fiction signals the anxieties and hopes of young people in the twenty-first century. The essays in this collection demonstrate how the shifting conception of adolescence as a liminal stage is mobilized through Gothic spaces and concepts Nick Brooks's Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of colour who must investigate their principal’s murder to clear their own names. When Principal Moore, headteacher at the Urban Promise Prep School is murdered, J.B., Ramón and Trey emerge as the case's prime suspects. Introduction: Kristine Moruzi and Michelle J. Smith. Section 1: Genre Trouble: Gothic Hybrids. 2. Zombies Vs Unicorns: An Exploration of the Pleasures of the Gothic for Young Adults - Patricia Kennon. 3. Genre Mutation and the Dialectic of YA Gothic Dystopia in Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - Bill Hughes. Section 3: Gothic Places. 7. 9. Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller. The haunted house trope seems inexhaustible: novelists are drawn back to it, time and again, and the best of them will always find a fresh approach. Fuller’s Young adult crime and suspense is booming, and this list is the proof, with 18 riveting, thrilling, thought-provoking, new and upcoming YA novels. From summer camp slashers, to gothic romance, visceral horror to devastating psychological thrillers, powerful social issue dramas to […] 1. Best Halloween Books For Adults. Find your perfect Halloween reads from the list below and set your spooky mood for the spooky night. With these Gothic Halloween books, your spooktacular journey to the haunted houses, the windswept moors, the creeptastic monsters, and the shadowy magic will begin! 1. Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie Find 50 classic books for teens and young adults to fit any genre of interest. Explore the works of great writers that have stood the test of time. This gothic This collection is the first to focus exclusively on twenty-first-century young adult Gothic fiction. The essays demonstrate how the contemporary resurgence of the Gothic signals anxieties about (and hopes for) young people in the twenty-first century. Changing conceptions of young adults as liminal figures, operating between the modes of child Forgive me! And if you want to learn more about amazing YA books, check out Book Riot’s podcast Hey YA or peruse some of the most popular young adult books on TikTok. The best YA books of all time, from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton to The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, with lots of others in between. A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong. If you are in the mood for some time-traveling romance, you are in luck! A Stitch in Time is what you are looking for. Bronwyn Dale is a time traveler. As a young girl, she could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt’s house and visit William Thorne, a young boy her own age, born two centuries earlier. mFTQtLZ.