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.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 11:42:00 am PDT #19370 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:47:27 am PDT #19371 of 28343
Because books.
The article link got eaten, too, I realized.
Steph L. - Jul 17, 2012 11:51:31 am PDT #19372 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
post-apocalyptic an dystopian for that matter.
Damn, I feel like that ship has already sailed. Incorrectly.
Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 11:52:00 am PDT #19373 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Are...are any of those actually YA series?
The hell?
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:59:22 am PDT #19374 of 28343
Because books.
Weetzie Bat is definitely YA, yes.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 17, 2012 12:00:41 pm PDT #19375 of 28343
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Isn't A Wrinkle in Time YA?
sj - Jul 17, 2012 12:10:51 pm PDT #19376 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
When I worked at Borders many of those were in Intermediate no YA.
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 12:14:31 pm PDT #19377 of 28343
Because books.
I think A Wrinkle in Time is much more middle grade. Again, not that teens won't read them.
Atropa - Jul 17, 2012 12:15:07 pm PDT #19378 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 17, 2012 12:16:52 pm PDT #19379 of 28343
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, we had L'Engle in my elementary school's library.