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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
So why are people more averse to young people being portrayed as being able to do things they couldn't/wouldn't actually be able to do, but not adults being portrayed as being able to do things they couldn't/wouldn't actually be able to do?
Don't get me wrong; it's no real skin off my back, but it seems YA fiction is often held to a higher "realism" standard than regular A fiction is. There's no real shortage of adults doing impossible things in adult fiction is there?
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It's not the problem that the youngsters can do impossible things.
The problem is in the fact that all those 14-15 year old kids behave, think, reason and act as if they're at least 5-10 years older.
As a comparison, take Stephen King's IT. OK, it's fantasy/horror, and not young adult, but the book still features kids that do some serious stuff.
The difference with most YA fantasy novels is that the kids actually come across like kids, instead of adults in a kid's body; to me, at least.