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⌈ Secret Post #3443 ⌋

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(Thunderbirds Are Go! 2004 Movie)

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[Top Gear]

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[Chris Hardwick]

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[Dylan O’Brien]

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[A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett]

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[Orphan Black]

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[Captain America Civil War]

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[Drakengard 3]

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[Kiznaiver]

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[Doogie Howser, MD]

Notes:

Early because it's going to be a late day. :c

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When I try reading YA, I'm either shaking my head at the characters being stupid (either realistically, because they're young, or just run-of-the-mill Idiot Ball stupidity), OR I'm rolling at my eyes at Biggest Smartest Badasses In The World being 17. I mean, I liked to flatter myself at that age about how grown up I was, but ugh, this is adult authors playing to youthful ego.

As for the library signs, happens sometimes. Well-intentioned but contrary to library principles about access to information and not judging people's reading choices. They're trying to make a safe space for kids/teens while being stupid and exclusionary in the process. Ask a librarian about it next time you're there, or write a letter/email to the library director explaining the popularity of the genre to regular adults and asking if the policy could be reconsidered.

This article (http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015/09/18/who-is-young-adult-literature-for/) on YALSA's page (a YA-centric sub-group of the American Library Association) mentions a stat from Nielsen that 80% of YA readers are actually adults.

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