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Originally Posted by Skip Wyona
Very true. The selling of the 'YA' label might have changed over the past years but in the past YA books were better written because the buyers, mostly libraries, were more demanding. And as many writers know, it is more difficult to write short novels of quality than lengthy ones.
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But why should "YA" novels be short? Most people would probably categorise the Harry Potter books as "YA", and they (the later ones at least) could hardly be called "short"
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