Teen lit gets steamy

[Elwyn]

Source:
Cynthia J. Pasquale
Denver Post Staff Writer

Article at: http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story266.htm

Thought this would be of interest to many of you. Aspiring Writer; this may answer some of your questions.
Elwyn

[moondance]

What a great article - many thanks for posting that.

[moth]

Yes, thank you! A very interesting article.

[cree]

I found the ALA '2005 most challenged' book list at the end of the article interesting. And, in some instances, comical.
Thanks for the read. :)

[Kristen King]

Very interesting indeed! Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Judy Blume are two of my favorite authors, too. Who knew I was so controversial???

Kristen

[Bk_30]

I remember being in the 8th grade and reading Catcher in the Rye for the first time. My mother was a little worried but we talked about it after I finished the book. I think it was the start of my mother and I being able to communicate with each other through my teenage years. Although she didn't want me reading Watership Down until I was in highschool lol, go figure.

[TwentyFour]

Dang, I was reading King long before I ever read any YA books! Now, after I'm 28, I went back to reading and found S.E. Hinton, I may go to Blume next.

[NicoleJLeBoeuf]

Although she didn't want me reading Watership Down until I was in highschool lol, go figure.Was it that she was afraid you'd be disturbed by bunny violence, or was she mistaking it for another Richard Adams book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451168119/sr=8-1/qid=1155496558/ref=sr_1_1/104-1736394-9052736?redirect=true&ie=UTF8)?

[Aesposito]

Captain Underpants? My son loves that series because the main character has ADHD! Now I won't sleep nights knowing it's making him violent and subversive (not).

Audrey

[Soccer Mom]

Gee, I was reading Agatha Christie by the time I was thirteen and I turned out just fine. Oh wait. Nevermind.

They're right. Fiction does warp your mind.

[Bk_30]

Nicole- once I did read it, I asked her why she didn't want me to read it before. Her answer was she was worried the language would be over my head. She pointed out that I read Catcher in the Rye with out her permission and I didn't ask again to be allowed to read Watership Down until much later.

soccer mom- lol

[Soccer Mom]

I loved Watership Down so much as a kid that I wrote these horrible, anthropomorphic stories for years. I finally gave up on that. I am NOT Richard Adams. What a wonderful novel. It is surprisingly savage, but Adams had it right. Rabbits are not what people think. You have to keep the bucks seperated or they will fight to the death.