Read the passage below before answering the question.

The heroines are in the house. In recent years, there has been a boom of young adult (YA) literature that has taken readers, and bestseller lists, by storm. Though YA novels have existed nearly as long as the novel itself, current YA novels have reinvented the genre. Now they tend to focus on the plight of a central heroine, a young girl tasked with dismantling the oppressive dystopia she lives in to save her friends and her family. The success of these stories is finally making Hollywood sit up and pay attention to the possibility of how lucrative female-led movies can be, and more female-driven films than ever are taking top spot at the box office.

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Which of the following is the source of this passage?

Young adult novel

MY ANSWER

This passage is about the popularity of YA novels, but it is a nonfiction piece, and novels are fictional.

Instruction manual

This doesn’t explain how to write a YA novel, or YA movie, so this doesn’t fit.

Book review

Book reviews focus on just one book, and this passage refers to a type of literature in general without citing specific books.

Entertainment magazine

Because the passage discusses two different forms of entertainment (books and movies) and has a more casual style, this is the best option.