Gimmicks in literature (YA)

Here at WCL we love authors who commit to the bit, so here's a selection of books where the author took a gimmick and ran with it.

In this list you'll find interactive books, less linear stories, the same story from multiple perspectives, narratives told through ephemera, and even an abridged version of a book that never existed.

Updated July 1, 2024
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Wellington City Libraries Youth team at Wellington City Libraries
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Illuminae
Kaufman, Amie
Audiobook
Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales
Nwosu, Poppy
Ebook
One bite of an apple from a family shrine unearths hungry ghosts. A poison garden unfurls a polite boy's deepest, darkest desires. Interfering with an Indigenous burial site unleashes ancestral revenge, to a metal soundtrack. An underground dance party during Covid threatens to turn lethal. And on...
The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures
Selznick, Brian.
Audiobook

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