The Catcher in the Rye
A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation.

J. D. Salinger
An American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.

The Help
The story is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s. A USA Today article called it one of the "summer sleeper hits". An early review in The New York Times notes Stockett's "affection and intimacy buried beneath even the most seemingly impersonal household connections" and says the book is a "button-pushing, soon to be wildly popular novel". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said of the book: "This heartbreaking story is a stunning début from a gifted talent.

Bildungsroman
Novel of formation, novel of education, or coming-of-age story (though it may also be known as a subset of the coming-of-age story) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), and in which, therefore, character change is extremely important.

Spec- :look, watch
e.g.: spector spectacular

para- :beside
e.g.: parachute, paragraph

male- :bad, evil
e.g.: maleficent, malefunction