Katniss Everdeen sums up dystopian YA Lit today: strong female protagonists.
It鈥檚 time for a change, says .
鈥淚n fact, you could make a pretty strong argument that Katniss has no male counterpart in YA right now, speaking strictly in terms of popularity and name recognition. Girls rule, but that doesn鈥檛 mean male readers don鈥檛 want protagonists of their own gender to look up to,鈥� Rowe . 鈥淲e love a complex female protagonist, but variety is the spice of life and we think the recent surge in male YA protagonists may just be indicative of the next big thing.鈥�
