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The BEST of the shitty YA novels

>> No.20494503
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Unironically.

>> No.20494520

>>20494487
Any other recs for good YA novels?

>> No.20494581

>>20494520
Lord of the Rings

>> No.20494614

>>20494487
keys to the kingdom is for kids, not young adults
the garth nix series for young adults is the sabriel series, which are great
>>20494520
skulduggery pleasant series

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>> No.20494846

>>20494841
Isn't that based on the Japanse battle royale idea?

>> No.20494872

>>20494520
Narnia is really good.

>>20494846
Yes.

>> No.20495000

>>20494614
very based, anon, very based

>> No.20495029

>>20494487
so by best of the shitty you mean outright worst?

>> No.20495032

>>20494520
I haven't enjoyed a book as much in so long as with The neverending story a couple weeks ago. For me, it's peak kiddie lit.

>> No.20495953

>>20495032
I bought this a little while ago but haven't got around to reading it. Looking forward to it.

>> No.20496040

>>20494487
Does this count as YA? I mean, I know it's written for middle schoolers, but there seems to be a marked difference between contemporary, post-Rowling YA and stuff like this that was put out by Scholastic.

>> No.20496936

>>20494614

Seconding the Sabrial (Abhorsen) series. You don't see a lot of YA books that are so frank about death and build their story around it. Plus, I found the setting really unique, at least as far as YA fantasy worlds go. Never read any of the books past the original trilogy, though. Are any of the other ones good?

Some guy did some terrific concept art for an imagined animated adaptation of the first book. Definitely worth a look:

https://joshwongart.carbonmade.com/projects/6602724

>> No.20497230

>>20496936
>https://joshwongart.carbonmade.com/projects/6602724
this guy REALLY prioritizes that mesopotamia vibe over the canon descriptions
admittedly kino tho, can't argue with his taste

>> No.20497743

>>20494520
Harry potter.

>> No.20498088

>>20494614
>implying children could understand the kino of the pied piper stabbing that blue haired bitch with his nothing knife

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>book one
>wot if humans could turn into animals and- AAAIIIIIEEEEEE A LARGE PORTION OF HUMANITY HAS SLUGS THAT RAPEFUCK YOUR EARDRUM AND TAKE OVER YOU BRAIN WHILE YOU’RE FULLY AWARE THAT YOUR BODY IS NOT RESPONDING TO YOU AND YOU’RE NOW WORKING ALONGSIDE OTHER CAPTURED RACES LIKE GIANT CENTIPEDES THAT ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY AND PEACEFUL NOMADS WITH SPIKES ON THEIR BODIES FORCED TO WORK AS FOOTSOLDIERS AND OH NOOOO ONE OF OUR MAIN CAST ALREADY FUCKED UP AND IS PERMANENTLY STUCK AS A BIRD AAAIIIIEEEEEEE
>book 54
>Dude! War crimes and the Geneva Convention, lol

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>>20494520

>> No.20498173

>>20494846
Isn't that based on the ancient idea of gladiatorial combat that basically goes back millenia and was basically practiced across the entire globe by various different cultures in some form or another?

>> No.20498177

>>20496040
>I know it's written for middle schoolers
Literally the definition of YA. The demographic is the only defining feature of it. I don't get why dumb pseuds are so insistent on pretending otherwise.