Discussion question

[rolanni]

Some While Back, I read an interview, it may have been, with an author who writes adult post-apocalyptic SF and also YA post-apocalyptic SF.

The single comment that stuck with me from this interview was that the author worked to make sure the YA work had a happy ending, because young readers deserved hope.

The implicit statement -- I don't remember at this remove if it was explicit -- being that adult readers don't deserve a happy ending.

Discuss.

Comments

[muirecan.livejournal.com]

I'm grateful that I didn't have to read those books when I was in High School. [The advantages of a non public education I guess.] Having encountered them repeatedly over the last few years working in classrooms all I can say is that it is amazing anyone wants to read books. These 'literature' books that english classes use probably do more to put people off of reading than anything else I can imagine.