''The Teenage Workbook'' is a

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

novel by

Adrian Tan Adrian Tan Gim Hai (4 February 1966 – 8 July 2023) was a Singaporean lawyer and author. Known for writing the '' Teenage Textbook'' series of books in the 1980s, he was the 27th president of the Law Society of Singapore and a partner at TSMP ...

, first published by Hotspot Books in 1989.

Background

The book is the sequel to '' The Teenage Textbook'' (published in 1988). Both novels focused on the lives of four students studying at the fictitious Paya Lebar Junior College in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. Following the death of Adrian Tan in July 2023, the Memorial Edition of the two books were published by Landmark Books on the following month.

References

1989 novels Novels set in Singapore Singaporean novels {{1980s-novel-stub