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[quote=Anonymous]Young adult fiction is very diverse. I am sure that some is simpler/shorter, but that’s probably independent of its status as YA. I read a lot of YA and in my experience, it is comparable to traditional fiction geared for adults, but with younger protagonists.

I think you might have better luck with short stories. You can probably find them in any genre and by definition, they’d be shorter and more manageable. You might also consider humor books, etc.

You might also want to consider a survival type story - ex. Call It Courage, Last of the Breed by Louis Lamour, or Hatchet (I haven’t read Hatchet, but I think it’s the same genre and generally well-liked). These stories generally only have one main character to keep track of, and it isn’t as much a plot driven story to remember, but a series of physical challenges to overcome and possibly the character’s accompanying mental and emotional struggles.

My father recently had some health problems that impaired his mental processes. Thankfully, he’s gradually recovering, but one of the things he liked was having the Reader’s Digest read to him. There are blurbs ranging from sentence quips to a maximum length of a few pages, predominantly upbeat. [/quote]

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