There are those who say that kids these days don't read books.
But that's just not true.
Millennials and whatever we're calling the generation after millennials are actually more well-read on average than earlier generations and also read more books per year.
And believe it or not, we have the likes of the "Hunger Games" and "Harry Potter" and even "Twilight" to thank for that.
So thanks, YA.
Young adult is a term whose meaning has varied wildly over the years.
It can apply to coming of age tragedies or serialized adventures of babysitters or insert really dated twilight joke here.
But where did this young adult genre come from?
And why did it get so big?
[MUSIC PLAYING] While narratives for children have existed since people started telling stories, a designated literary market for that mysterious, magical period of time known as teenagerdom is somewhat new.
