by Juliet White The Rogues and Rapscallions of YA Lit our appetite for stories that veer into ter Stories that venture onto the wrong ritory no guidance counselor would ever side of the law are eternally enticing. Books let us vicariously experience the thrills of a life of crime without the handcuffs, jumpsuits, and jail time. Young adult books are filled with bad boys— and girls—who flout the rules. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Pirate tales are one subgenre of YA fiction that’s guaranteed to deliver scallywags and ne’er-do-wells galore. Good pirate yarns are like rip currents. They sweep us away into a world brimming with high stakes drama and swashbucklers, in Readers have swooned over bad boy vaman evocative setting. The buccaneers of pires such as Damian Salvatore (The Vamyoung adult fiction are some of the most pire Diaries) and Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire captivating rogues to ever sword fight Academy and the Bloodlines series). We’ve their way across a page. Whether you’re in rooted for Leigh Bardugo’s morally-questhe mood for sea pirates or space pirates, tionable characters like Kaz from Six of this genre promises lawlessness, advenCrows and the compelling Darkling from ture, and sometimes even love. The Grisha Trilogy. While “dark and brooding” might have become the stuff of cliché, CURIOSITALES
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