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YA Novels And The Parent Problem

Posted on May 21, 2021May 18, 2021 by Bethany Henry

If you’ve ever read much YA fiction you’ll notice that it’s pretty common for parents to be either dead or absent. There are a few contributing factors for this, but essentially it’s because in YA fiction, parents are a problem that writers need to somehow solve. The Parent Problem: The Parents Can’t Be In Control […]

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