PF as YA

Jerry Friedman · 17 Apr 2009, 17:45 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:45:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) PF as YA
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--- On Thu, 4/16/09, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (urth) PF as YA
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 12:21 PM
> > Hmm, I thought it was obvious that PF
> > (and, before it, The Wizard Knight) were
> > intended as books for young adults!
> 
> I haven't read PF, but I can pretty well guarantee that
> WK will not end up in the library at any junior high I know
> about. It's violent and overtly sexual. And it's
> tone would definitely not hold the attention of any but the
> most exceptional young teen. I'd as soon label "A
> Voyage to Arcturus" as YA fiction as I would WK.

I don't think "for young adults", quoted above, means
junior high.  Maybe "YA", which I used, does, thought I
thought it included high-school-age kids too.

Jerry Friedman

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