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From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:55:41 -0500
One of the thoughts that immediately popped into my head was that if no young adult should read this, how much more should no young adult live this. For me, YA goes from 13 to 18 - I definitely feel that some of the older readers would really "get" this.
Alison
Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon at brooklynpubliclibrary.org
>
> On 1/18/08 2:23 PM, "Patricia L. Jarrach, Esq." <trish at mmcollects.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Okay, time for an unpopular opinion...
> >
> > I finished reading ABSOLUTELY TRUE last week and I can not support
> > this book for the YA age group. I believe a lot of it is
> inappropriate for a YA book.
> > If the reader is old enough to read about having to shoot a dog
> > because there is no money and someone's sister being burned
> to death
> > because she was too drunk to get out, they should be reading adult
> > books, not YA. Where's the firestorm over the "n" word?
> Appropriate
> > in its' useage, but not a peep about it? And, I just can't see it
> > winning the American Indian Youth Award because it casts American
> > Indians in a horrible light. They're all drunk or have given up.
> > Sure there is some inspiration in the main character
> "breaking out",
> > but that is overshadowed by how the rest of the community
> is cast. In
> > fact, one of the women at work said her daughter (whose 11
> and a major
> > reader) asked her to get it for her. When I started
> telling her what was actually in the book, she was horrified
> that it would be listed as a YA.
> > She read some of the reviews of the book, which included
> plot points,
> > resulting in her refusing to let her daughter read it.
> >
> > I understand there are a lot of people on this list who
> enjoyed this
> > book, but I'm not one of them. It is well written and I can
> > appreciate it for that; however, in my opinion, it's not a YA book.
> >
> > Okay...don't throw too many stones at once! ;)
> >
> > Patricia L. Jarrach, Esq., CFE
> >
Received on Fri 18 Jan 2008 03:55:41 PM CST
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:55:41 -0500
One of the thoughts that immediately popped into my head was that if no young adult should read this, how much more should no young adult live this. For me, YA goes from 13 to 18 - I definitely feel that some of the older readers would really "get" this.
Alison
Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon at brooklynpubliclibrary.org
>
> On 1/18/08 2:23 PM, "Patricia L. Jarrach, Esq." <trish at mmcollects.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Okay, time for an unpopular opinion...
> >
> > I finished reading ABSOLUTELY TRUE last week and I can not support
> > this book for the YA age group. I believe a lot of it is
> inappropriate for a YA book.
> > If the reader is old enough to read about having to shoot a dog
> > because there is no money and someone's sister being burned
> to death
> > because she was too drunk to get out, they should be reading adult
> > books, not YA. Where's the firestorm over the "n" word?
> Appropriate
> > in its' useage, but not a peep about it? And, I just can't see it
> > winning the American Indian Youth Award because it casts American
> > Indians in a horrible light. They're all drunk or have given up.
> > Sure there is some inspiration in the main character
> "breaking out",
> > but that is overshadowed by how the rest of the community
> is cast. In
> > fact, one of the women at work said her daughter (whose 11
> and a major
> > reader) asked her to get it for her. When I started
> telling her what was actually in the book, she was horrified
> that it would be listed as a YA.
> > She read some of the reviews of the book, which included
> plot points,
> > resulting in her refusing to let her daughter read it.
> >
> > I understand there are a lot of people on this list who
> enjoyed this
> > book, but I'm not one of them. It is well written and I can
> > appreciate it for that; however, in my opinion, it's not a YA book.
> >
> > Okay...don't throw too many stones at once! ;)
> >
> > Patricia L. Jarrach, Esq., CFE
> >
Received on Fri 18 Jan 2008 03:55:41 PM CST
