![]() ![]() By then TIME was more upbeat about the possibilities of the books: “Teen books may not be able to compete with the visuals of The Matrix, but they do provide a few hours of what teens may need most: time to think. In a 1999 article “Reads Like Teen Spirit,” TIME wrote about the new focus on books for teens, as booksellers created specific areas of stores and websites for them: “Teen fiction may, in fact,” the magazine noted, “be the first literary genre born of the Internet.” The exploration of literary form with multiple narrators, letters, shifting time periods as well as “stark themes, complex plot lines and ambiguous resolutions,” marked a movement beyond problem novels. ![]() These stories tended to devolve into formulaic constructions and though there were some exceptions, the category experienced a dip in popularity and publishing rates after that period. ![]()
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