Thursday, June 9, 2011

The YA Controversy: Too Dark or Relevant to Teenage Life?

There is a war scaling right now as to whether or not YA fiction is Too Dark. One side says that books like Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson trigger self harm and The Hunger Games is inappropriate because it is hyper-violent.
Here are two sides of the story: let me know what you think. Really. I want to know.

 

2. A RESPONSE from www.shelf-awareness.com

Comment here at the blog, find us at Hubbard Public Library on Facebook, or email amy@beyond-books.org. Share your opinion with us!

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