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more about #youngadultfiction more comments → laureltreedaphne: Publishers are beholden to sales and marketing. Authors like to think we are all evil, but when your sales person says to you "Barnes and Noble will t... more » CurtCole: Maybe the publisher up the font size on LIAR because they knew they'd done some...and continue to. more » Lyesmith: How can it be interpreted otherwise, I wonder? I'm sick of passive-aggressive comments along the lines of "well, I'm sorry you feel that way". Own up... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: Um, the woman on the front cover still looks super-duper light-skinned. Just sayin' more » Mafalda para Presidente: I'm glad. I don't understand why anyone would pick one over the other, and I'd like to give a swift kick to the rear to the illustrator that decided ... more » Notes from the underwhelmed: Ok... but the character in the book is a girl... and the lady on the cover is about 30... I get the feeling that they just walked down the street, gra... more » lilbobbytables: So...it was an accidental decision to mask the character's identity? That's not better - it's ethnocentric and sloppy. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Well uh...it *was* a calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity. Anyway, the new cover is much prettier. more » bibomaco: It might not be calculated, but it is a manifestation of ethnocentricity on the publisher's behalf. more » CurtCole: Right on, this had stuck in my mind since the last story on it. I'm glad they did the right thing. more » Sunflowercat: I read a few of the SVH books, but stuff like Second Star to the Right, Z for Zachariah (I grew up in the Reagan years and was sure every day was goin... more » Tart of Darkness: I just read a YA book called "Willow". It is very dark -- about a girl (Willow) who caused the car accident that killed her parents. Her way of deal... more » millelilly: Anyone read the book "THe Scarlet Ibis"? I think it was a short story, but it dealt with a boy who didn't like his brother because he was disabled, an... more » Elmo: I must say, The Hunger Games was awesome. You could not pull that book out of my hands until I was done. more » cuckoobananapants: I remember wanting there to be fun, light escapist reading about teens when I was a teen, but it seemed like there was nothing, only books like the on... more » -
#liarliar
"Whitewashed" Book Gets A New Cover
Justine Larbalestier's Liar, whose original white cover image didn't match its black protagonist, is getting a new jacket. The publisher is sorry the old cover was "interpreted by some as a calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity." [Independent] -
#thewhysofya
Young Adult Fiction Is Dark For A Reason
Katie Roiphe has an astute piece in the Wall Street Journal about why so many of today's young adult bestsellers focus on dark themes like suicide, eating disorders, and car crashes — and why we shouldn't be worried about it. More » -
#bookreviews
Wintergirls: Possibly Triggering, Definitely Thought-Provoking
Is Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson's young adult novel about anorexia and bulimia, a dangerous trigger for eating-disordered readers, a thoughtful examination of a terrible disease, or both? We read it to find out. [Spoilers follow.]
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