I can help with what seems to be the most straightforward question:
Is Discworld a young adult series?
The series as a whole, I'd say no. But the Tiffany Aching books (The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, and I Shall Wear Midnight) were written as YA and are marketed as such, and they have a slightly different narrative approach than the rest of the Discworld books.
The rest of your questions...ugh, dilemmas! I'm working on an MFA in writing for children and young adults, and I can tell you that even within the industry there's a lot of grey area between what's YA and what's MG (middle grade), where titles like Ramona's books seem to fall. I hope you don't have to go through and age-check every one!
I'm just concerned that some books might not have a really clear timeline. Like Pippi is 9 at the beginning but there are more books so I assume she ages, I just don't know how long a period it is.
It's also interesting to note that there is a difference between what is considered YA in different countries. Personal example - The Black Magicians Trilogy is labelled YA in Denmark, but obviously not in the US, as my nomination was disqualified (don't worry, I'm not upset about it - I just think it's funny/interesting).
How could you? Not to mention why should you? Besides, I did make a mistake with Ayla so I'm unfortunately not infallible either and can't tell you to just take my word for it ;-)
Others below have suggested your nom be reinstated in that case. But unfortunately a lot of people have already done their voting so I think it would be handicapped anyway. :/
If we were to have an age range, I'd say that if the character overlapped the range in any way, they should be eligible. I like the 10-21 age range as it gives some leeway.
And I know I was the one to question the Black Magician trilogy, but I think that should be reconsidered if it was published as YA somewhere.
I'd consider To Kill a Mockingbird YA. I believe we've had Alice in Wonderland in our YA department too. Ramona I wouldn't consider YA by any definition.
I am leaning toward removing Ramona, sadldy. But I feel like I'd have to remove Alice then too. She seems older than 7 but it clearly states she's 7 1/2 (her half birthday!).
Pippi should still count, for 2 reasons - there wasn't really a YA category at the time it was written, and there's more than one Pippi book, and she does age thru the series.
Comments 18
Is Discworld a young adult series?
The series as a whole, I'd say no. But the Tiffany Aching books (The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, and I Shall Wear Midnight) were written as YA and are marketed as such, and they have a slightly different narrative approach than the rest of the Discworld books.
The rest of your questions...ugh, dilemmas! I'm working on an MFA in writing for children and young adults, and I can tell you that even within the industry there's a lot of grey area between what's YA and what's MG (middle grade), where titles like Ramona's books seem to fall. I hope you don't have to go through and age-check every one!
Reply
Reply
Sorry if that's a huge pain in the butt for you, though.
Reply
Reply
No real ideas unfortunately.
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
And I know I was the one to question the Black Magician trilogy, but I think that should be reconsidered if it was published as YA somewhere.
I'd consider To Kill a Mockingbird YA. I believe we've had Alice in Wonderland in our YA department too. Ramona I wouldn't consider YA by any definition.
Reply
Reply
We need one of these for children's books. *gdr*
Reply
Reply
Ok, and I read it when i was 14 :)
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment