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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Maybe you didn't mean to, but you're helping prove my point just the same. All those other labels can get fuzzy, sure, but at least they tell me something about the book. YA doesn't tell me if there's a mystery at the heart of it--be it sherlockian, noir or cozy. YA doesn't tell me if it's science-fiction (or fantasy). YA doesn't tell me if it's Romance. Those other labels tell me at least something about the story. YA only tells me there's probably young protagonists and nothing more. And as has already been mentioned, there's plenty of non-YA books with young protags out there. So yes; those other labels still tell me much, much more about a book I'm thinking about reading than "YA" does.
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Doesn't YA appear in conjunction with those other labels?