Today\’s
Washinton Post has a Story on books aimed
at young adults. The books are testing limits and
pushing envelopes by using \”salty\” language, and
mature themes. They say it\’s the librarians who define,
and drive, the quality of teen literature in America.
\”…his \”edgy teen, sex-drugs-rock-and-roll,
\’Catcher-in-the-Rye\’-esque, troubled-teen-boy-and-girl
kind of fiction,\” as one publishing executive described it,
is mostly found on the Young Adult shelves of local
libraries..\”
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