Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
I understand why parents worry about books - they're worried about their kids. They want to keep their kids safe. But parents aren't always realistic.
Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.
I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.
Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when they're hurt or upset, they can move into, and it is wonderful.
I think that books are fundamentally educational.