[ SECRET POST #3035 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3035 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Being Pro-Censorship

[meredith44]

The ALA considers YA books to be for as young as 10 years old.
"When the term first found common usage in the late 1960’s, it referred to realistic fiction that was set in the real (as opposed to imagined), contemporary world and addressed problems, issues, and life circumstances of interest to young readers aged approximately 12-18. Such titles were issued by the children’s book divisions of American publishers and were marketed to institutions – libraries and schools – that served such populations.
While some of this remains true today, much else has changed. In recent years, for example, the size of this population group has changed dramatically. ... The size of this population segment has also increased as the conventional definition of “young adult” has expanded to include those as young as ten and, since the late 1990s, as old as twenty-five."
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/whitepapers/yalit

So, yes, some YA literature is perfectly appropriate for 10-12 year olds. Heck, I was reading adult literature by the time I was 12. I'm not saying you need to include Hunger Games in your library, but I very much disagree with the idea that YA literature is for ages 16 to 25. (As would my YA literature class when I was going for my MLS.)