tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post8777676560007286346..comments2024-01-23T05:10:35.472-05:00Comments on Reading, Running, and Red Sox: Reading Young Adult Fictiongibsonmeigshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094122509371844728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post-58548625952622932952012-04-04T09:13:23.754-04:002012-04-04T09:13:23.754-04:00Two good observations. Reading the article again, ...Two good observations. Reading the article again, it seems like he was trolling for indignation, and I happily rose to the bait. But the more salient point is your second, and I suspect that it has more to do with marketing than anything else. Personally, as a YA, I remember happily ingesting some "traditional" YA books but the ones that stuck with me were the ones that took me out of my regular life ("Julius Caesar", "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Crimes & Punishment" were the most powerful of those, although I also have fond memories of "Cry the Beloved Country")gibsonmeigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094122509371844728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post-44578265419143492412012-04-02T22:11:53.538-04:002012-04-02T22:11:53.538-04:00That was a weird op-ed. It was like he was trying...That was a weird op-ed. It was like he was trying to be funny. Except that it wasn't very funny.<br /><br />I think the better question is - why are we pushing a single, relatively narrow class of fiction on adolescents? The better books in the genre may have their merits. But I think that young adults are capable of, interested in, and would grow from, reading "adult fiction." I think it rather stifling to believe that adolescents ONLY want to read about others their age, who are dealing with the same set of problems that they are.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308509561834397951noreply@blogger.com