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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I like these layers too. I also liked the historical references, and I think I would have had fun as a young reader figuring out Silas was a vampire without it being directly stated too. On the other side, even though it was a coming of age story, I liked how it also addressed the adult side of letting go as children mature and enter the adult world. I thought the ending scenes between Bod and his Owens “parents” were very touching and well done.
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C.S. Lewis regarded children’s literature as a specific art form and one of its pleasures was that adults would get even more from it than children because they had more to give. Personally, I think that his insight is just as applicable to YA Literature—perhaps even more so.
The Graveyard Book and
Coraline offer a great deal in terms of thematic depth and moral relevance.