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From: Cindy Lombardo <Cindy.Lombardo>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 09:59:50 -0400
I'm delighted to see someone else express confusion over who is the "recommend to" audience for Rapp's last book. When I talk about 33 Snowfish to YA librarians I always say (a) I found the book to be absolutely riveting and (b) I don't know any teens who would want to read it. In my mind this title is the best example I've read so far of YA writing that truly pushes the edge of the envelope in terms of content. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it by giving away too much of the plot. Suffice it to say that although I think it's brilliant it also made me physically uncomfortable while reading it and has stayed with me in a way that few other titles do for long.
On a related thread, I've become more and more wary about the current YALSA designation of YA as ages 12 since it seems to me that the develomental gap between these two ends of the age spectrum is increasing rather than decreasing. In my library's YA section the breadth of content in two books that might be shelved right next to one another can be pretty vast. I don't have a YA librarian so the amount of reader's advisory available in this department is slim to nonexistent. Are there folks out there who have found creative yet nonrestrictive ways to arrange their collections to address this issue?
Cindy Lombardo, Director Orrville Public Library 230 North Main Street Orrville, Ohio 44667 330/68365 (phone) 330/68384 (fax) cindy.lombardo at orrville.lib.oh.us
----- Original Message ----From: ssendry at hudson.lib.oh.us Date: Monday, May 5, 2003 9:42 am Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Edgy YA
Received on Mon 05 May 2003 08:59:50 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 09:59:50 -0400
I'm delighted to see someone else express confusion over who is the "recommend to" audience for Rapp's last book. When I talk about 33 Snowfish to YA librarians I always say (a) I found the book to be absolutely riveting and (b) I don't know any teens who would want to read it. In my mind this title is the best example I've read so far of YA writing that truly pushes the edge of the envelope in terms of content. I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it by giving away too much of the plot. Suffice it to say that although I think it's brilliant it also made me physically uncomfortable while reading it and has stayed with me in a way that few other titles do for long.
On a related thread, I've become more and more wary about the current YALSA designation of YA as ages 12 since it seems to me that the develomental gap between these two ends of the age spectrum is increasing rather than decreasing. In my library's YA section the breadth of content in two books that might be shelved right next to one another can be pretty vast. I don't have a YA librarian so the amount of reader's advisory available in this department is slim to nonexistent. Are there folks out there who have found creative yet nonrestrictive ways to arrange their collections to address this issue?
Cindy Lombardo, Director Orrville Public Library 230 North Main Street Orrville, Ohio 44667 330/68365 (phone) 330/68384 (fax) cindy.lombardo at orrville.lib.oh.us
----- Original Message ----From: ssendry at hudson.lib.oh.us Date: Monday, May 5, 2003 9:42 am Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Edgy YA
Received on Mon 05 May 2003 08:59:50 AM CDT
