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Originally Posted by NewPhin
But yes, the Book Thief is amazing. Just a really great book that transcends the whole YA label.
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I know we've covered the whole YA label deal.
That said, I am saddened that books like these are often ignored in favor of the "classics" in literature classes in both high school and college. For me, and I bet many students, the classics bored while the more contemporary, shall we say, stimulated. I would have read a lot more had books like these been assigned. Rather than, say, Grapes of Wrath.