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At Tales you find all the best young adult books. The fascinating stories have become extremely popular in recent years, especially among the young readers. The young adult books often have a theme concerning love, romance and friendship. All important components in a young adult’s life. The special thing about the young adults genre is that the stories often mix realistic coming-of-age themes with fictional elements, giving the reader a chance to reflect their own life and problems while at the same time travel to an amazing world of fantasy. Let your adventure begin here.
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    by Anne Camlin
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    by Frances Tosdevin
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    by Olivia A. Cole
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    She Gets the Girl meets Bottoms in this fun and flirty young adult sapphic rom-com about two teens who want revenge on the flaky popular girl they’re both crushing on.

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    by Holly Jackson
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    by Katie Piper
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    Katie Piper OBE invites young readers aged 3-5 to join Teeny Mouse in a Christmas adventure that reminds us that the best gift you can ever give to someone is love!

  • by Barbie
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    Grab your pencils and get ready for a colouring adventure with a dream team of Barbies!

  • by Pip Bird
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    Join Theo on new adventure at Dragon Towers - the school where everyone has their own dragon best friend!A hilarious new series from the author of the Naughtiest Unicorn - highly illustrated, full of fun and adventure, and starring a dragon with a magical bum. Perfect for readers aged 6 and up.

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    by Lucy Powrie
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    Perfect for fans Jenny Han and Elle McNicoll. Meet Effie and Aiden,two teenagers who meet at a local coffee shop and decide to fakedate to convince their circle they have what it takes to be ina relationship. But when their fake dates are exposed, will theybe able to convince their friends that they want to date . thistime . for real?

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    by Rebecca Westcott
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    by Marisa Linton
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    by Amie Jordan
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    Sage and Oren are sent to investigate rising tensions between witchesand werewolves in the Jura Mountains. After dealing with murder,this case feels tame - punishment for their undeniable connection. But neither expects to find evidence of worse: traces of oldmagic, tortured lost souls and a deadly fog that kills everythingit touches.

  • by Tove Jansson
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    Meet Moomintroll and his friends in this reassuring story about a very first night away from home.Moomintroll and his friend Sniff are going to camp out in the treehouse overnight. It'll be their very first sleepover and the two friends are excited! But when night falls, they discover that they miss their cosy home. Will it take something spectacular to reassure Moomin and Sniff that sleeping somewhere new can be a great adventure after all?With gorgeous illustrations and a soothing story, this latest addition to the My First Moomin series is the perfect book for talking to little ones about spending a night away from home.Discover more marvellous Moomin stories:My First Moomin: Goodnight MoominMy First Moomin: Best FriendsMy First Moomin: Be Brave, MoominMoomin's First 100 Words: A lift-the-flap bookMoomin: The Very BIG Moominhouse Lift-the-Flap Book Moomin's Peekaboo Night Night: A Lift-and-FInd Book

  • by Kelly Starling Lyons
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    Ty soars as a superhero in this new book in the Geisel Honor–winning series!Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty’s Travels: Super Ty!, a My First I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator team Kelly Starling Lyons and Niña Mata. Imagination, helpfulness, and play are highlighted, making this book perfect for sharing with emerging readers!Ty loves superheroes. He watches them on TV and reads books about them.When he puts on a cape and a mask, he becomes Super Ty! Super Ty flies around helping Momma and others. But even with his super skills he can't solve every problem by himself. That’s what Ty’s super friends are for—like his brother!With simple, rhythmic text and joyful, bright art, this My First series is perfect for shared reading with a child. Books at this level feature basic language, word repetition, and whimsical illustrations, ideal for sharing with emergent readers. The active, engaging stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey.Don’t miss these other books in the series:·      Ty's Travels: Showtime!·      Ty's Travels: Camp-Out·      Ty's Travels: Lab Magic·      Ty's Travels: Winter Wonderland·      Ty's Travels: Beach Day!·      Ty's Travels: Zip, Zoom!·      Ty’s Travels: A 5-Book Reading Collection

  • by Luan Goldie
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    Back to the Future meets K-pop in a laugh-out-loud time-travel adventure for fans of Jenny Pearson and David Solomons.When Skylar and best friend Dana accept a ride in Nana's new tuktuk, they don't expect to travel through time - nor to accidentally kidnap Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh King Tut and turn him into a K-pop sensation! Soon Skylar and Dana are on a whirlwind race through time to put things right before they change history for ever...A hilarious and life-affirming time-travel adventure from the funniest new voice in fiction.

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    by Megan Freeman
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    Emily Emerson has the Grimm. A disease nobody wants. Removed to afacility, she becomes property of the state, a pale shadow of herreal self. She meets a boy, Emir, who tells her she's not sick- she's just different. Only by dreaming, he says, can they breakout of the world that's keeping them imprisoned. And perhaps - makea better future . . .

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    by Alexia Casale
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    Orla has always been the sidekick, never the hero . Orla can't help but feel left out - she has to earn her pocket money and her responsibilities at home can't just be ignored. Then again, doesn't she deserve to want things for herself? Especially when beautiful and funny drama boy, Cass, starts flirting with her .

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    by Amara Sage
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    A searing look at diet culture and all its ugly consequences, from the talented writer of Influential. Girls like Sydney don't get rejected, because girls like Sydney aren't real .

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    by Anna February
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    In the Hive, a monarchy of tomorrow, a young bodyguard awaits execution. Guilty of being alive when her charge lies dead. But theprisoner, Feldspar, has one defender - royal maverick Nico. Togetherthey have three days to question everything Feldspar knows aboutthe world that raised her to discover who the real murderer is.

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    by Helen Comerford
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    Jenna Ray was the Love Interest, but now she's the HERO. Unfortunately, as it turns out, having actual superpowers doesn't make life any easier.For starters, being an official superhero means Jenna and Blaze can work together but not be together, no matter how much they are drawn to each other.Jenna knows she can make it work. She can be 'just friends' with Blaze, keep up with the HPA's intensive training, ignore the country clamouring for the return of King Ron and battle world disasters, all while keeping her own power-triggering panic attacks a secret ... She can be the perfect hero.As the pressure builds, what more will Jenna have to give up in order to save the world?

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    by Sujin Witherspoon
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    An enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance, slow-roasted to perfection. Ideal for fans of Jenny Han and Better Than the Movies.Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he's dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents' cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion - even for him.Somehow, he manages to talk his way into a job at a failing Korean cafe, Bingsu for Two. This could be his lucky break - but then he meets grumpy goth Sarang Cho, his new, no-BS co-worker, and she is as determined to make River's life hell as she is to save her family's cafe.After River accidentally uploads a video of his chaotic co-workers to his popular fandom account, the cafe strikes viral fame. The kicker? Their new fans ship River and Sarang, big-time. In order to keep the internet's attention - and the cafe's new paying customers - River and Sarang must pretend that the tension between them is definitely of the romantic variety, not the considering the best way to kill you and hide your body variety.But when Bingsu for Two's newfound success catches the attention of River's ex and his parents' cafe around the corner, he faces a choice: keep letting others control his life or stand up for the place that's become home. And a green-haired girl who's not as heartless as he originally thought . . .

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    A group of friends go on an amazing Minecraft adventure to save a friend while also navigating the halls of their new school - the Ironsword Academy!

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    by Gayle Forman Inc.
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    A major new novel from bestselling author of If I Stay, Gayle FormanOne spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This return doesn't only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? How and why was she given this second chance?This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity.

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    by Becky Albertalli
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    The beautiful and heartwarming new romance from Becky Albertalli, best-selling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

  • by Cathy FitzGerald
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    Pinch's magic has finally arrived ... and it's causing a whole lot of trouble!

  • by Nicky Smith-Dale
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    Rules are for FOOLS, baby!Betty and her Wobbly Rock pals are off to celebrate the famous Turnip Festival in the kingdom of Upper Crust. Betty is still as tiddly as a piece of toast. What could possibly go wrong THIS time?For readers of You're A Bad Man, Mr Gumand Grimwood!

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    by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
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    by Jacqueline Silvester
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    Dash & Lily meets P.S. I Love You in a life‑affirming romance about seizing your chance and learning to love. Nadia’s best friend has died, and all she has to show for it is her friend’s last wish list. Every item feels impossible without Lizzy, especially finding a way to meet their favourite megastar. Nadia’s quest takes her to America—grieving and alone, she meets Fran, a boy with a big heart and an empty home. Setting out on the road trip of a lifetime along Route 66, the two make an odd couple. But with fate having thrown them together, can they help each other find closure? Go on the road trip of a lifetime in this beautiful and emotional romance for fans of John Green and Cecilia Ahern, exploring grief, friendship, freedom and the rush of first love.

The YA genre
The young adult genre is one of the fastest growing literary genres. The genre is often referred to as ‘YA’ and speaks to the younger readers between the ages 12-18. One of the reasons for its popularity is the way the young adult novels deal with coming-of-age themes and problems that the young readers can relate to. The actions are set in fictional worlds and by using this mechanism the problems are introduced with a suitable distance for the reader. In that way it is easier for the reader to read about the problems and deal with them throughout the story. 
The enchanting worlds also fascinate the youngsters and give them a break from their everyday life and it’s problems, while the young adult books at the same time deal with them through these worlds. In that way the reader is met at eye level, and there are no adults speaking down to the youngsters. Then it is also easier for the young reader to deal with the challenges of the everyday life themselves. The books come in different forms, most often as young adult fiction books or young adult romance books.
   
Popular young adult characters
Some of the most famous book characters are found in the young adult genre. Here we find Bella Swan, the girl who falls in love with a mysterious and handsome vampire, Edward, in a little, rainy town where strange things happen. Here we also see the genre features of YA. Bella is an ordinary girl who falls in love for the first time and discovers her own sexuality. A very important step in any young adult’s life. At the same time she lives in a world with vampires and werewolves and magical wars. The fictional elements in the plot also helps her find her inner strength and develop her as a person.   
The Twilight universe as a young adult book series has fascinated both youngsters and adults around the world, where fans discussed which man Bella should pick. Should it be the shy and mysterious vampire or the attractive werewolf? The whole Twilight series is also adapted for the screen making the young adult novels even more popular.  
Another popular character from another young adult book series is the famous young wizard Harry Potter. In the Harry Potter series we also have a main character, who doesn’t fit in, but instead discovers he belongs in a magical world. Again the fictional elements help the young adult character to discover his true self and again we see the coming of age plot. Although a lot of the story takes place in a magical world with fictional problems, the story is also about friendship. No matter which opponent Harry, Ron and Hermione are up against, they always fight together and find strength in each other. 

The classics written for young adults
You also find classical novels written for young adults in our selection. A classical novel never loses it’s magic. It makes you reflect and everyone can get something out of reading a classic, because they deal with universal problems. The story could have been written 200 years ago and still be as relevant as the day it was published, but the language could be quite a challenge to read, especially as a young adult. Therefore the beloved stories have been adapted to young adult formats, so that the young readers can get as much out of the story as all the enthusiastic previous readers.
Among the classics is the beloved Pride and Prejudices, made as one of the young adult romance books, by the timeless author Jane Austen. In the story we meet the young girl Elizabeth, who just likes Bella Swan and Harry Potter, are different, because she doesn't live up to that times’ ideal of a woman. At the same time she falls in love for the first time, but she is having troubles figuring out the truth and which man she should trust with her heart. Instead of using a fictional universe to deal with the everyday problems, the story uses humor. Furthermore, although the story was realistic at the time, the times have changed and the historical time period almost becomes its own fictional universe, where the young readers can learn about the lifestyles of that time and especially the ideals of women. Another classic made for young adults that deals with some of the same themes is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte. Again we have a strong female lead character, who falls in love for the first time and discovers a whole new world - the world of adults. 

No matter which tales you love, you find all the young adult books to read right here.

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