From: Merri Lindgren <mlindgren_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:35:20 -0500

I appreciate both Barbara and Meg's posts about teens readers wanting realistic fiction that is unvarnished and reflects their lives honestly. It reminds me of the CCBC-Net conversation a few months ago about sex and sexuality in YA books and some of the refreshingly frank portrayals of that subject that we've seen in recent books of realistic fiction like *The F-It List* by Julie Halpern. It also makes me think of a recurring topic of concern, usually heard among adults, that young adult fiction is too dark and depressing, especially when it comes to contemporary realism.

Where do those two avenues intersect, and what happens when they do?

Merri

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