I’ve noticed that some adults less familiar with the genre can think that reading a YA is “beneath” them. But, just as in adult fiction, YA fiction has enormous variability.

Thanks for commenting.

I don’t think that’s it. I’m more inclined to think that some YAs are really YAs because they deal with “lighter” teen issues. The ones that deal with more gritty issues (rape, drug abuse, self-abuse, death) aren’t limited to YA readers except by where they are placed in the bookstore.

Also an adult who reads a YA will read it at a different level of understanding. They bring to the book years of experience that a teen doesn’t.

I’ve given some of my friends YA’s that they’ve enjoyed tremendously, and they are sophisticated readers of more than escape fiction.

Oops! This is one long ramble. Sorry!