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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
 I loved Encyclopedia Brown as a kid! I also read Donald Sobol's Two-Minute Mysteries, but Dr. Haledjian didn't have the same appeal to me as Leroy Brown. |
Consider if you will, the PC'ness of Encyclopedia Brown. Of course, when it was written, PC was different. There was a strong work ethic, being smart was good, and the bad guys were people who were trying to con people and take short cuts. As I said, YA does tend to be PC by it's very nature because it's intended to both entertain and instruct.