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I actually thought a bit before phrasing it as "for young adults"
instead of "YA", for that very reason. "YA", after all, is a marketing
category. Today it seems to mean "preadolescent".<br>
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That said, however, the scuttlebut among authors is that folks have
been asked to *add* sex and violence to their books in order to make
them appropriate for the YA market. If you've read a review of Margo
Lanagan's "Tender Morsels", to choose an example that I happened to
notice, you know that the "YA" category today embraces a lot of stuff
that junior high librarians used to frown at.<br>
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Fernando<br>
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<pre wrap="">From: James Wynn <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com"><crushtv@gmail.com></a>
Subject: Re: (urth) PF as YA
To: "The Urth Mailing List" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:urth@lists.urth.net"><urth@lists.urth.net></a>
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 12:21 PM
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<pre wrap="">Hmm, I thought it was obvious that PF
(and, before it, The Wizard Knight) were
intended as books for young adults!
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<pre wrap="">I haven't read PF, but I can pretty well guarantee that
WK will not end up in the library at any junior high I know
about. It's violent and overtly sexual. And it's
tone would definitely not hold the attention of any but the
most exceptional young teen. I'd as soon label "A
Voyage to Arcturus" as YA fiction as I would WK.
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I don't think "for young adults", quoted above, means
junior high. Maybe "YA", which I used, does, thought I
thought it included high-school-age kids too.
Jerry Friedman
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