: I think it could be useful to look at some examples of things that are YA-friendly, and some that are not. Lord of the Rings is in practically every public school's library. It includes

I think it could be useful to look at some examples of things that are YA-friendly, and some that are not. Lord of the Rings is in practically every public school's library. It includes people having fingers being bitten off, people being stung by giant spiders, people shot full of arrows, people being burned to death, and countless people being stabbed or chopped to pieces. The descriptions are generally short and not graphic, barring some of the battle scenes. No torture is shown, it's only even mentioned a couple times and then just as a thing that might happen if the protagonists fail. Compare this with a Song of Ice and Fire. In that you get graphic descriptions of torture, and countless people, many of them innocent, killed in horrific ways. Obviously you'll never find a Song of Ice and Fire in a school library.

As for sex, look at Harry Potter. The most that happens and is described is some kissing. Anything more is just alluded to or inferred. Again, the Harry Potter series is in every middle school library. Compare this with Stephen King's IT. In IT, there's a graphic, borderline-erotica underage orgy. IT is, unsurprisingly, not found in school libraries.

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