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From: Dotti <enderle>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 22:06:18 -0500
students and those created for high schoolers?
I'm curious as to how many high school student still read YA? By high school they're usually reading adult books.
Dotti Enderle Fortune Tellers Club (Llewellyn Worldwide) www.fortunetellersclub.com
1. The Lost Girl
2. Playing With Fire
3. The Magic Shades (Sept. 2003)
4. Secrets Of Lost Arrow (Jan. 2004)
Message----From: Rebecca O'Connell [mailto:anatidaeling at hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 6:05 PM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] YA's - - who reads 'em?
Is there a difference between the YA books written for middle school students and those created for high schoolers?
I don't think there is.
As a librarian, I couldn't (and probably wouldn't) stop a twelve-year-old from taking out, for example, _Boys Lie_ even though it is a disturbing story about a violent crime. So even though I might see it as a book for older readers, it may go home with a sixth-grader.
As a writer, I don't write with an age group in mind. The characters, plot, and theme have much more with how the story develops than my imagined future readers.
We don't get to choose who reads the books. What we can do is give kids access (in our classrooms and libraries and on our pages) to a wide variety of well-written, thought-provoking stories.
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Received on Sun 18 May 2003 10:06:18 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 22:06:18 -0500
students and those created for high schoolers?
I'm curious as to how many high school student still read YA? By high school they're usually reading adult books.
Dotti Enderle Fortune Tellers Club (Llewellyn Worldwide) www.fortunetellersclub.com
1. The Lost Girl
2. Playing With Fire
3. The Magic Shades (Sept. 2003)
4. Secrets Of Lost Arrow (Jan. 2004)
Message----From: Rebecca O'Connell [mailto:anatidaeling at hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 6:05 PM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] YA's - - who reads 'em?
Is there a difference between the YA books written for middle school students and those created for high schoolers?
I don't think there is.
As a librarian, I couldn't (and probably wouldn't) stop a twelve-year-old from taking out, for example, _Boys Lie_ even though it is a disturbing story about a violent crime. So even though I might see it as a book for older readers, it may go home with a sixth-grader.
As a writer, I don't write with an age group in mind. The characters, plot, and theme have much more with how the story develops than my imagined future readers.
We don't get to choose who reads the books. What we can do is give kids access (in our classrooms and libraries and on our pages) to a wide variety of well-written, thought-provoking stories.
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