For boys : We find a new kind of hero in books written for the young. It is someone who is daring, powerful, independent and assertive. These adventurous people went to far away places in remote East to find adventure. They colonised the world, were heroic and honourable. They adapted themselves to strange surroundings and even more strange ‘natives’, and ended up by civilising and developing them as nations. In fact, colonising territories was glorified in the novels for young. Examples : R.L. Stevenson’s Treasure Island and Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book,published on 1883 and 1894 respectively. G.A. Henty wrote historical novels for boys. They aroused the excitement and adventure of conquering many lands — lands as far-flung as Mexico, Alexandria, Siberia and many other countries. The heroes met with adventures in foreign, witnessed historical event, and showed “English Courage” in some militant action. For Girls : For adolescent girls, love stories were written and became very popular. In USA, two women writers became famous : (i) Helen Hunt Jackson, who wrote Ramona (1864) and (ii) Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who wrote What Katy Did? (1872).