A genre of literature critiqued for being adult-oriented realist fiction that deals with issues rather than maintaining the qualities of children's tales and myths.
"But there's hardly any children's fiction around any more – as an author friend put it to me, we jump straight from picture-books to young adult fiction. And young adult fiction is for adults. It's fiction that Deals With Issues In People's Lives; even when it's about wizards or vampires, it's alway"