'Shindig'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Crap, 75% of my post got eaten, and I'm all ranted out.
Short version: Encyclopedia Brown and An Unfortunate Series of Events were not written for a YA audience. Which doesn't mean they didn't or won't read them, but I would love it if any journalist bothered to differentiate between middle grade and YA, or post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.
Children's books and YA books are totally different! Except when there's a weird crossover, but those two examples are clearly children's books and not YA.
The article link got eaten, too, I realized.
post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.
Damn, I feel like that ship has already sailed. Incorrectly.
Are...are any of those actually YA series?
The hell?
Weetzie Bat is definitely YA, yes.
Isn't A Wrinkle in Time YA?
When I worked at Borders many of those were in Intermediate no YA.
I think A Wrinkle in Time is much more middle grade. Again, not that teens won't read them.
Speaking of Weetzie Bat, I just read the latest one, Pink Smog, and loved it. Even tho' part of it made me cry. (It hit some buttons I've been talking about in therapy.)