This article is part 3 of 20. The table of contents for all LTUE posts can be found here
Coraline, the Day I swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish, and M is for Magic: Neil Gaimon and YA/Juvenile Fiction: Thursday, 2 PM
“Kids believe that their parent’s don’t understand their fears. Because they view the adult world as a fearless world.” – Steven L. Peck
Jean Stringam |
Patricia Castelli |
Candace J. Thomas |
On YA influences
CT: “We grow up and write based off the YA literature we were introduced to. It’s a generation cycle.”
PC: “YA doesn’t need to be held to some artificial lofty ideal. It’s what ever get’s young people to read. It isn’t about writing down to kids, it’s about bringing adults down to their kid level, and remember how that experience was.”
CT: “YA literature is about how to be brave. Where else are we going to face it?”
JS: “YA literature is about giving the kids power from the adults. Because that is what those children crave. You gotta get rid of the adults.”
JS: “Picture books are interesting because it is written for children, but it must be purchased by an adult.”
CT: “I wanted to bring something to my kids that wasn’t sugar coated, but was in fact from the real world.”
SP: “YA subverts scariness and something terrifying and turns it into growth.”
SP: “Kids believe that their parent’s don’t understand their fears. Because they view the adult world as a fearless world.”
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