Stitches Nominated for NBA…
which isn’t all that surprising. What’s causing all the controversy is the category it’s been nominated in – Young Adult.
I haven’t read Stitches yet so I’m not going to comment on whether it’s adult/YA or not. If you’ve read it what do you think?
Young Adult is such a strange little category anyway. Having served on an ala committee for the Young Adult Library Association, I can tell you that many many hours are spent discussing just what young adult means. Usually I try to clarify it for myself by asking if the writer intended his or her book to be for teens. Because if that’s what the writer intended than he is accepting all the responsibility that goes along with writing for this audience. If it turns out teens just like an adult book that doesn’t necessarily mean it should be excluded from an award but it makes me pause.
Then there’s the issue of teen books appealing to adults which is happening more and more often. Practically all of my friends loved Harry Potter and we haven’t seen a 1 in front of our ages for some time. But even beyond the bestsellers, I see a lot of adults picking up teen titles. So what happens to a teen title that appeals to adults – should it have a shot at the adult award?
The article suggests that maybe the publishers felt the graphic novel had a better shot at the young adult prize – that the adult category wasn’t ready. I don’t know about that but it’s a possibility I suppose.
Everyone seems to be in agreement about one thing though. Stitches is a great book. I’ll definitely have to check it out.
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