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As Gurdon talks about Amy Freeman, a 46-year-old mother of three, who went to Barnes & Noble and bought not a single YA book for her 13 year old daughter. I want to ask I first look at the cover ofher a question, do you think that your daughter had never read these kind of books?I am sure she did. Nowadays there is a big difference between thinking of parents and kids. What parents think is bad for their kids, kids consider that as a good thing for them.
I think Gurdon was really overexpressing the topic of dark fiction. She was only talking about some dark literature and about tons of books that are good and teaches you a lesson.
Young adult fictions are loved because they speak to teens about what is in their mind. Those books have topics

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