Supernatural Youth in Media

Since the turn of the millennium, stories about young people with mystical abilities have enjoyed tremendous popularity. This volume is the first collection of essays to posit that such stories form a distinct teen- and young-adult-oriented genre, characterized by tales in which young people use ancient magic—not modern science—to solve problems and save the world. Scholars explore the cultural implications of this phenomenon, considering how media’s discourses about youthful gods, witches, fair