tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post8451437170804896293..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: February 17, 2014: YA Lit: Little House on the PrairieAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-54067298612377264042014-02-17T11:44:11.300-08:002014-02-17T11:44:11.300-08:00Thanks Heather! (I defined YA very capaciously for...Thanks Heather! (I defined YA very capaciously for this series for sure.) I like that comparison to sci if a lot. And I'll add these thoughts to the weekend post, thanks!AmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-82596060544927985922014-02-17T11:41:40.927-08:002014-02-17T11:41:40.927-08:00While I'm not sure the Little House books coun...While I'm not sure the Little House books count as YA (they seem more middle-grade to me), your speculation that readers learned more about that era from those books than from official school is spot on for me. I've been thinking a lot about this lately because of a recent post that came across my feeds critiquing the character of Ma. I realized that I read those books much like I encountered science fiction/fantasy: as set in a different world from mine and the details of that world were what I took away.<br /><br />As for other YA faves, I am still captivated by Hunger Games years after first reading it and just finished Lissa Price's Starters/Enders series and loved it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com