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pwalker8 · 06-03-2019, 08:40 AM

There are levels in YA. Some are oriented towards the younger group (say 11-14) and others are oriented towards to older teens. For example, I think the Hunger Games books were more oriented towards the older teens. I've seen some YA that I would classify as light romance novels, that I suspect are oriented towards older teenage girls.

I think that some of what makes YA, is a combination of vocabulary and most things are a bit more straight forward and direct. You don't see the narration jump around quite as much. Things aren't as subtle in a large part because kids don't tend to pick up subtlety nearly as well as adults do.

06-03-2019, 08:40 AM	#7
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	There are levels in YA. Some are oriented towards the younger group (say 11-14) and others are oriented towards to older teens. For example, I think the Hunger Games books were more oriented towards the older teens. I've seen some YA that I would classify as light romance novels, that I suspect are oriented towards older teenage girls. I think that some of what makes YA, is a combination of vocabulary and most things are a bit more straight forward and direct. You don't see the narration jump around quite as much. Things aren't as subtle in a large part because kids don't tend to pick up subtlety nearly as well as adults do.