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Originally Posted by sun surfer
On the debate over YA, I'm somewhere in the middle of what's been discussed here so far but seeing issybird disparage it I would like to stick up for it.
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I didn't.
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Originally Posted by issybird
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that adults shouldn't or can't read YA with enjoyment.
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What I did say, and you seem to agree at least in part, is that it doesn't offer that much for adults to discuss. Just for the record, not only did I acknowledge already having read three of the four YA books nominated (one great, one entertaining, and one absolutely dreadful), I'm also currently reading a YA book,
Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome, the second of his wonderful
Swallows and Amazons series, which book I unaccountably missed out when I read the rest as a kid, no doubt because my library didn't have it. But I don't think there's much to say about it; it's just a light summer read. I like kidlit, even picture books, but it needs a kid.