1 . Reading Enlightens Teens

    1     First, they want to entertain readers. They would like to think that their stories will attract their young readers. Second, they also know that they have a moral responsibility to young people, as they recognize that their young readers are in one of the most important stages of life: the change from childhood to adulthood.     2    

Of course, not all books for the young are of a high quality.     3     The writers aim to copy the success of another book, which makes their stories less interesting instead. Sometimes writers are out of touch they actually know less about the world than their readers do. In a world that changes so quickly, keeping up with the times can be really difficult.

The other is with the writers’ “responsibility”. A story that enlightens the reader is welcome, but no one wants to read a book written by someone who thinks that they know better, just because they are an adult and a writer.

One advantage that writers of teens books have is that they have been there themselves: they know what it is like to feel bored with the challenges of schoolwork, or to find it hard to get along with their parents. They use this to their advantage when it comes to making them understand the young.     4    

When choosing books to read, we should wisely pick books from a range of different cultures and times. Some books are funny, while some are serious, or even tragic. This classification exists in all of world literature.     5     The subject matter of these books is the lives of the young, particularly while they struggle to come of age, showing that they deal with problems relating to parents and friends, and the growing awareness of the responsibilities of adult life.

You can get your hands on these books at a good bookshop nearby, or at your school library. Reading is said to be the key on the path to enlightenment.