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It may be a way of stepping into the shoes of the characters that seems natural to me thus creepy when you are 40 something and they are 12 to 16. Books based on the more child like emotional responses ie Harry Potter are easier to understand. Emo teen love ie twilight is out and out creepy.
I have to admit I tried reading harry potter to my twins when they where 8, it was a total failure and we never finished the first book. I am not sure if it was my total lack of interest or just it was the end of the line for my kids wanting to be read to. My daughter is now an avid reader at 18 but did not start until she discovered twilight at 12. Until then she would only read books assigned for school. So I do have to like twilight for that. My son is not a reader tho he consumes text books hand over fist for uni. Nothing I could ever do could peak his interest in reading for pleasure beyond guiness book of record type things. The daughter hates not having time to read hence an ereader is top of her wish list so she can read on the way to and from uni. Her tastes at 18 tho are moving away from YA. She has tho returned to read the hunger game books after seeing the film. Her tastes are more anne rice style now. I think she is like me needing characters she can relate to and YA is something she is growing to old for.
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