"For me, a book is YA when it has a young protagonist and the action is happening right now or has..."

“For me, a book is YA when it has a young protagonist and the action is happening right now or has just happened. If a book has a young protagonist, but it is nostalgic or self-aware, then it is an adult book.”

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Edan Lupecki quoting Cecil Castellucci in her “Ask the Writing Teacher: The Third Person" article for The Millions (which contains a ton of great info). (via yeahwrite)

Interesting - what do you think? Do you agree?