Re: Harry Potter #6

Half-Blood Prince was *only* placed in the YA section of my county's libraries (the previous 5 have copies in YA and in JF, both). That doesn't mean that the younger kids aren't reading it as well (there is no restriction on age for checking any books out... only other media), but it *does* put up the warning sign for parents that they probably should pre-view the book for their kids first, or at least check to see why it's only YA.

-Liz

Alison wrote:


The interesting thing about the series is that there are lots of
people who are annoyed at Harry's growing up and the books getting
darker, etc.  Why couldn't it just stay cozy and friendly?  Well, I
think the books are linked to Harry's growing up - they are becoming
darker and more mature (this has been going on probably since book 4
or so.)  And after all, how cheery can a book about the struggle
between good and evil be?  There are times that I wonder if we should
even put the books in the juvenile section of the library any more (we
have them in both juvenile and young adult.)

Alison 
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