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Originally Posted by Joykins
I've never seen a Nancy Drew in the YA section; always the children's section. Even though Nancy is theoretically 17...
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Before the advent and general acceptance of YA, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys and the like were in the Juvenile section of my library. We had a Juvenile section and we had an Adult section. That's it. Until 13/14, you were stuck with a juvenile library card (unless you got explicit permission from a parent). The age of the protagonist wasn't really a factor (except incidentally) in which section of the library a book was shelved. It was based on content, language and reading level (who decided, I have no clue).