| 100% | TTYL | 4 | Young-adult novel told entirely through instant-messenger conversations |
| 53% | TTYL | 4 | What best-selling 2004 young adult novel was written entirely in the form of instant messages? |
| 40% | SEHINTON | 8 | Young Adult novel pioneer |
| 38% | FOREVER | 7 | Young adult novel by Judy Blume |
| 38% | TEEN | 4 | Young adult novel's intended reader |
| 37% | WAR | 3 | "The Chocolate ___" (classic young adult novel) |
| 37% | BUTTERFLY | 9 | 2009 Sonya Hartnett young adult novel |
| 36% | WAR | 3 | "The Chocolate ___" (Robert Cormier young adult novel) |
| 36% | CONCRETEROSE | 12 | 2021 young adult novel by Angie Thomas |
| 36% | HOOT | 4 | Young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen about an owl habitat |
| 35% | OURSTARS | 8 | The Fault in __, young adult novel by John Green |
| 35% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who published a young adult novel appropriately titled "Modelland" |
| 34% | IVE | 3 | "To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel) |
| 33% | HOLES | 5 | 2003 Shia LaBeouf film based on a Louis Sachar young adult novel |
| 33% | ALL | 3 | "Turtles ___ The Way Down," 2017 young adult novel authored by John Green |
| 33% | THEMAZERUNNER | 13 | Dystopian young adult novel that was turned into a 2014 movie: 3 wds. |
| 32% | HIVE | 4 | British young adult novel series by Mark Walden whose name is connected to 13a |
| 32% | THEOTHERBOY | 11 | M.G. Hennessey young adult novel about a transgender preteen in middle school (3 wds.) |
| 31% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MAZE | 4 | "The ___ Runner" (young adult novel) |
| 31% | BROADCITY | 9 | Sitcom featuring a walk from one end of Manhattan to the other told entirely through Instagram Stories |
| 30% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Author of the young adult novels 30-Across and the upcoming "On the Come Up": 2 wds. |
| 30% | LILYANDDUNKIN | 13 | Donna Gephart young adult novel about a transgender teenager who befriends a classmate with bipolar disorder (3 wds.) |
| 29% | DIE | 3 | "They Both ___ at the End" (young adult novel) |
| 29% | AWRINKLEINTIME | 14 | Classic young adult novel ... or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | EAT | 3 | "How to ___ Fried Worms" (classic young-adult novel) |
| 28% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | "The Adventures of ___," Mark Twain's famous novel telling the story of a young boy: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TEEN | 4 | Young adult |
| 27% | YOUTH | 5 | Young adult |
| 27% | NEED | 4 | Carrie Jones series of four young adult urban fantasy novels about Zara and malicious pixies (published 2008-12) |