Thread: Why are YA novels immediately recognizable as YA novels?
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Old 06-05-2019, 08:46 AM   #45
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Originally Posted by meeera View Post
It's also not really the case - books aimed at that age bracket are called "middle grade", not YA. They're the approximate equivalent of the old juvenile fiction books.

Older middle grade novels would be books like the Famous Five or Heinlein juveniles; more modern middle grades include books like the Percy Jackson series, Griffiths' Treehouse books, Rangers Apprentice, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The 39 Clues.
Can't say that I've ever seen any book labeled "middle grade". Of course, in the US, it's called middle school, but I don't recall seeing that label either. Oddly enough, all those books are in the teen and young adult section in the Kindle store.

Much of the time, books are either labeled with the age and/or grade levels the books are appropriate for if the book is oriented towards to younger spectrum of the young adult group. The Percy Jackson books are labeled grade level 5-9 and age 10-14. The Harry Potter books are labeled grade level 4-7 and age 8-12. That strikes me as right for the first one, but not the last one.

The Harley Merlin books (also in the teen & young adult section in the Kindle store) on the other hand, don't have any age or grade labels. The Harley Merlin books seem to be more romance/fantasy books oriented towards teenage girls.
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