Adaptation in Young Adult Novels argues that adapting classic and canonical literature and historical places engages young adult readers with their cultural past and encourages them to see how that past can be rewritten. The textual afterlives of classic texts raise questions for new readers: What can be changed? What benefits from change? How can you, too, be agents of change? The contributors to this volume draw on a wide range of contemporary novels - from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and Megan Shepherd's Madman's Daughter trilogy to Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones - adapted from mythology, fairy tales, historical places, and the literary classics of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. Unpacking the new perspectives and critiques of gender, sexuality, and the cultural values of adolescents inherent to each adaptation, the essays in this volume make the case that literary adaptations are just as valuable as original works and demonstrate how the texts studied empower young readers to become more culturally, historically, and socially aware through the lens of literary diversity. Dana E. Lawrence and Amy L. Montz have gathered together an exhilarating group of essays destined to become essential reading for scholars of young adult literature, literary history, and popular culture. YA adaptations of classic works emerge not only as a lively exploration of the past, but also as powerful challenges to the injustices and exclusions of that past. Young adult literature is revealed as a space of change for young readers who insist on a more inclusive and diverse world, and whose developing literacies inspire them as agents of change and creators in their own right.