Listicle: 10 YA tropes that need to grow up

The chosen child. Rare powers, magical trinkets, supernatural abilities, or just someone who’d been watched since they were little. Alina Starkov from Shadow and Bone (2021-2023) can summon light. So she’s saddled with the task of saving her kingdom. In Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen (2015-2018), Mare Barrow also has rare powers, which come in handy to overthrow the ruling class. No one ever uses their powers for a house party, sadly.