What Can Save May Also Harm?

I decided to start a series over on the CBC Diversity blog called, “Here’s a question,” because during our meetings, I sometimes raise my hand and say exactly that. I do try to emphasize the question, because I’m not particularly interested in proscribing answers.

For this first post, I ask the question: Do YA authors, editors, and librarians promote the idea that YA books have the power to do good, but reject the idea that they can do harm?