Weetzie Bat is definitely YA, yes.
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Amy - Jul 17, 2012 11:59:22 am PDT #19374 of 28343
Because books.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 17, 2012 12:00:41 pm PDT #19375 of 28343
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Isn't A Wrinkle in Time YA?
sj - Jul 17, 2012 12:10:51 pm PDT #19376 of 28343
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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
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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
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Yeah, we had L'Engle in my elementary school's library.
Polter-Cow - Jul 17, 2012 12:43:21 pm PDT #19380 of 28343
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Weetzie Bat is definitely YA, yes.
I'd always thought it was a children's book series, huh. But I don't know anything about it, so there's that.
I do love that The Enchanted Forest Chronicles got a mention, though.
Consuela - Jul 17, 2012 12:45:43 pm PDT #19381 of 28343
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Earthsea was originally sold as children's, but certainly it gets read by teens (and adults).
Are there really hard-and-fast distinctions between YA and younger categories? Or is it just a marketing category?
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 12:50:42 pm PDT #19382 of 28343
Because books.
There are, Consuela. You're not going to publish a first-person novel about a sixteen-year-old girl who gets pregnant as a middle grade book, for instance.
A lot of it is marketing, and certainly a lot of books cross over to many audiences, but most middle grade books are a) shorter, b) uses language geared maybe three or so years older than the audience, and c) features children as protagonists (usually).
flea - Jul 17, 2012 1:40:07 pm PDT #19383 of 28343
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Yeah, middle-grade is generally aimed at 8-12 year olds, and the protagonists are children, middle school at the oldest. There's usually no or only the mildest of romantic content.
YA is aimed at middle-schoolers to teens. If your 8-year old, however good a reader, is too immature for the themes, it's not middle-grade.