Young Adult is consistently one of the hottest shelves in any bookstore. With new blockbuster movies capturing our favourite YA novels it seems almost limitless in scope...

But what is YA and where did it come from?

In today's book club Andrew and Julia explore the origins of YA and trace its history from America in the 1950's. Discover whether all books about young protagonists make the YA cut and how YA needs to be on the shelves of more than just the young adults...