I'm YA and I'm OK.

[penmage]

As usual, John Scalzi says it best:

Observers of the science fiction field will note the Nebula Award for Best Novel was won this year by a YA book, that the Tiptree Award is co-shared by a YA novel, and that in the Hugo Best Novel category, two and a half of the books nominated are also YA (the “half” in this case being Zoe’s Tale, written to be

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[sarahtales]

Thank you for the most excellent link!

[anonymous]

Great post! So true. What a wonderful time for books, and John Scalzi says it perfectly. Like you, I live in a bubble where I rarely have to encounter the YA-denigrators. I forget they exist. May they wither away (you know, not THEM, but their stupid preconceptions) and vanish!

--Laini
www.growwings.blogspot.com

[tarlia]

Yes, it's such a goddamm tragedy that there's other books bridging the gap between kid and adult besides Twilight.