tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post5317476623242756635..comments2024-03-26T17:32:38.865-04:00Comments on YA Outside the Lines: Young Adult is a Confusing Term (Alissa Grosso)Brian Katcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159532800819759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-36979216189571533672019-04-25T12:37:27.232-04:002019-04-25T12:37:27.232-04:00Alissa, you made me LOL for real. (in commiseratio...Alissa, you made me LOL for real. (in commiseration)Courtney McKinney-Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251306522999532890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-44069484717894220452019-04-22T14:06:55.262-04:002019-04-22T14:06:55.262-04:00I've seen To Kill a Mockingbird classed as YA....I've seen To Kill a Mockingbird classed as YA. Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved won the Newbery for children's lit, but it's really YA or, as I see it, crosses over into Adult. Several writers of adult fiction have told me adults won't read books with teen or child main characters. (TKAM?) As a former librarian and a writer of fiction, I find it confusing. And shouldn't twenty-year-olds be reading books for Just Plain Adults?M. K. Wallerhttp://kathywaller1.comnoreply@blogger.com