D is for Danger

It’s day 4 of

the A to Z Challenge!

Otherwise known as the letter D Day for my theme

Young Adult Novels and Novels with Young Adult Narrators.

Danger is a common element in Young Adult fiction and so appropriate, too, as young people need to figure out how to safely navigate the world around them. One day they will be out on their own. Danger also heightens the tension in Young Adult fiction since teens are so vulnerable in so many ways. Here are two books that highlight two different kinds of danger.

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

Kit Gordy is a reluctant resident of the Blackwood School for Girls, but it’s not until she settles in that she realizes she and the other students are surrounded by danger. Some of this danger comes from ghosts, but Kit and her new friends must discover the shocking extent to which humans threaten them as well.

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Ever since meeting bad-boy Rogerson, Caitlyn O’Koren has fallen into a dreamland from which she never wants to wake. Their relationship moves from heady infatuation to frightening control. The author details the danger Caitlyn recognizes but seems powerless to overcome until it’s almost too late.

Have you read either of these? Do you have a favorite? 

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