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xg4bx · 09-18-2011, 08:03 PM

Unless I was just totally oblivious growing up (which is very likely lol) I really don't remember there being many YA or "teen" books. There was maybe Dragonlance for the boys and Judy Blume for the gals and that was about it, then you went into adult fiction.

What confuses me most about it is I've seen YA horror and science fiction that looks just as dark as "adult" genre fiction, so what makes these YA books? Is it a lack of graphic violence and sex or something? Less complex language? I'm sure I've passed over a lot of good books because the designation scared me away.

09-18-2011, 08:03 PM	#1
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	Can someone explain the YA label to me Unless I was just totally oblivious growing up (which is very likely lol) I really don't remember there being many YA or "teen" books. There was maybe Dragonlance for the boys and Judy Blume for the gals and that was about it, then you went into adult fiction. What confuses me most about it is I've seen YA horror and science fiction that looks just as dark as "adult" genre fiction, so what makes these YA books? Is it a lack of graphic violence and sex or something? Less complex language? I'm sure I've passed over a lot of good books because the designation scared me away.