Heather Ingemar: Demystifying the Library’s YA Section

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You might remember me writing about whether romance was a ya requirement. At that time, fellow Drollerie author Heather Ingemar came clean about her day status as a young adult librarian, and offered to write an article about how YA librarians picked what was in their stacks.

Happily, her article is right here.

Of course, Heather suggests that a great deal of this classification is subjective, based on community and the individual librarian, but it looks like if a book deals with a "more adult" topic, or has a hefty vocab for middle graders, it may well end up in YA.

Any of the rest of you have anything to add? I know there are a few more YA librarians and librarians of other sorts reading.

And thanks, Heather, for stepping in to illuminate us.

Back to my snowy snow day. I think there are some papers I need to check. I procrastinated my morning away watching Hot Fuzz. Hey, it was on. I had to.

Catherine

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