Y is for Yarn
Y is for Yarn.
We are almost finished with the A to Z Challenge! Remember, my theme is:
Novels for Young Adults.
Today’s two novels fall under the category yarn. I’m using definition 4 (not fibers for knitting or weaving). No, definition 4 is “a tale, especially a long story or adventure…”
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders chronicles the advance of bubonic plague in a small English village in the year 1666. The narrator is a young housemaid who demonstrates great courage and resolve in her efforts to help her community despite a growing body count and mounting secrets. Year of Wonders is a fine yarn (and Alex Award winner) that I particularly recommend for sophomores studying AP World or AP European History. This novel will put a face on a pivotal event in history.
Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi
This is the first manga book on my list, but it features a ghost! Yusuke was a delinquent teen until one day when he saves a child’s life. The afterlife officials decide to give him a mission, so now he roams the world as a ghost performing good deeds. For young manga enthusiasts, Yu Yu Hakusho looks like quite a yarn!
Have you read either of these? What favorite book would you categorize as a yarn?
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6 thoughts on “Y is for Yarn”
Haha, I thought you were talking about the fibers kind, and I was going to say I have plenty of that kind! I also have lots of good books, too. I”m not sure if I would consider them to be “yarns” or not….
Visiting from the A to Z Challenge. See my “Y” post here: https://lydiahowe.com/2017/04/29/y-is-for-year-of-proof-atozchallenge/
Ha ha, indeed! I hadn’t really thought of books as yarns, either, until I went hunting for a Y word for this challenge, and then I thought, why not?
I read People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks and absolutely loved it (even though I didn’t expect to). I’d heard about Year of Wonders awhile ago, and it didn’t sound interesting to me. Now I may have to re-evaluate that…
Doree Weller
I loved People of the Book, too. I listened to it on audio. I think I would say I liked Year of Wonders just as much even though the topics were so different. The one book of hers I haven’t brought myself to read is March. My book group really liked it, but I’m not really comfortable with authors pulling characters from other authors’ works and making them their own.
I have not read either of these. I may look for Year of Wonders now.
Cool. I hope you like it!