Pullman's books. was Re: a couple of things

[Jen Piersol]

No: HPFGUIDX 4240

voicelady said:

> On to Pullman's series:  these are supposed to be kids' books?!?
> I think they would be rather difficult for kids.


Well.... not children's literature, exactly, but young adult 
fiction.  Aimed to a higher aged audience than HP, but still 
not old enough to qualify for the NYT Adult list. ;)  Difficult, 
though, yes.  They have got a lot of older themes in them (not 
to mention vocabulary and sentence structure!), but I think 
the fact that the main character(s) has/have not even reached
puberty yet is what puts them in the "younger readers" category.  
Personally, I think these books should be on the adult shelf, 
too.  Don't take them out of the kids' areas... it gives them 
something to "reach" for.

I wish they'd been around when I was a YA.

Jen (who is actually a young adult now (25), but doesn't think 
she's young enough to fit in the typical YA demographic...)