Outdoor reading weather

I was pleasantly surprised when I got out of the house today to realise that it was nice and warm and sunny. It felt like Spring was already here. And Spring means outdoor reading! So, as a Uni of Greenwich (Lit) student, I had to snatch a few moments to read in the sun on this ancient bannister.

This book is another one for my dissertation. ‘Seventeenth Summer’ - published in 1942 by Maureen Daly. She started writing it at 17 and published it at 21. According to Wikipedia,

‘Originally published for adults, [the novel] described a contemporary teenage romance and drew a large teenage audience. It is regarded by some as the first young adult novel, although the concept of young adult literature was not developed until the 1960s…’

Coming soon: S. E. Hinton, ‘The Outsiders’ - the one who officially introduced the YA Genre to this world.