Ngokusho Umthetho weSturgeon, izinto ezingama-90% zingudoti. Lo mthetho wakhulunywa nguTheodoro Sturgeon ngenkathi evikela inganekwane yesayensi ngawo-XNUMX.
Lo mthetho wawukhona icashunwe phakathi kwempikiswano e-Edinburgh International Book Fair embuzweni obusuphethe ingxoxo izinsuku eziyi-10 futhi okulandelayo: ichazwa kanjani inganekwane yabantu abasha noma i-YA. Ngaphandle kokugcizelela nokuvama kwale ngxoxo, obekufaka kuyo uFrances Hardinge, Marcus Sedgwick noSimon Mayo, akekho noyedwa ozwa ukuthi uzoyichaza kanjani, ngisho nababhali ababhala lezi zinhlobo zezincwadi.
Impikiswano enkulu yemibhalo ye-YA ngoMsombuluko kulo mkhosi ikhombe indlela engafanele kunoma iyiphi impikiswano yokuthi ingachazwa kanjani incwadi ye-YA, isihloko esivame ukuphambukiswa njalo lapho sivela. Ngabe izincwadi ze-Young Adult ziwuhlobo noma isigaba? Ngubani odla lolu hlobo lwezincwadi? Ukhula kakhulu? Ingabe lipelwe kabi?
Umbhali weYoung Adult u-Anthony McGowan ucaphune umthetho kaSturgeon ochazwe ngaphambilini wathi: "Izincwadi ezingama-90% zeYoung Adut zimbi." Umbhali uphawule ukuthi uyazisola ngokukhuluma nezethameli ezililungu elilodwa labesifazane abamhlophe ezingqungqutheleni ze-YA. Njengomphumela, abanye baphawula ukuthi iningi lama-blogger ezincwadi zeYoung Adult ngabesifazane nokuthi bonke abashicileli balezi zincwadi ngabesifazane.
"Kunamandla amakhulu kakhulu angena kulezi zinhlobo zezindaba., izindaba ezingakhanga abesifazane abaneminyaka engama-20 nengama-30 kunentsha. Lo mhlaba uphethwe ngabesifazane ababhala lezi zindaba ukuze ezinye izintokazi zifunde futhi zizindle ngazo. "
I-Young Adult kungenzeka ukuthi ayilona uhlobo lohlobo, empeleni bengingeke ngiyithathe kanjalo ngoba iyingxenye yesigaba lapho ikusiza wazi ukuthi ihloselwe hlobo luni lwezithameli. Kodwa-ke, impikiswano, elandela lo mugqa, kwehle kwezinye izimpikiswano ezivame ukwenzeka ngalolu hlobo.
UMcGowan ubephawula ngento u-Elizabeth Wein noPhilip Womack abangavumelani nayo, futhi yilokho, njengoba esho, akakholelwa ukuthi abantu abadala kufanele bafunde izincwadi ze-Young Adult.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele uqhubeke ufunde uTolstoy noDostoevsky noma uDickens uyeke ukufunda iCrespúscuo neThe Hunger Games. Kuyingxenye yokuba umuntu omdala ukushiya lezi zinto ngemuva. "
Abaningana balabo ababekhona bakhononda ngalokhu kwenqatshwa kwezincwadi zeYoung Adult ezilalelini zabantu abadala. Umbhali uPatrice Lawrence, 49, umemezele ukushaya ihlombe ukuthi ngeke achithe isikhathi efunda uDostoevsky noTolstoy ngoba nje engafuni ukuzifunda. Abanye baphawule lokho impikiswano ibiqondiswe kabusha ngokuphelele ikhohlwa ukuchaza ukuthi yiziphi izincwadi zeYoung Adult.
Ababhali abaningi balezi zincwadi bancoma ubukhulu bendawo yabo yokuthomba kwezinye izimpikiswano, wengeza ukuthi abazibhalanga lezi zindaba ngqo lezi zilaleli. Umbhali uJenny Downham uphawule engxoxweni ukuthi hNgangiyibonile incwadi yakhe, i-Before I Die, kuzo zombili izingxenye ze-Young Adult nezabadalaYebo, okwakubonakala kuyisilima kuye, kepha njengomqondo wokumaketha kwakungekubi.
Njengomfundi we-Young Adult ngiyazibuza ukuthi kungani kufanele uhlale uhlukanise ngezigaba futhi ucabange ukuthi umuntu ngamunye kufanele afunde kuye ngeminyaka yakhe. Izincwadi ngezokuzijabulisa futhi uma ujatshuliswa ngezincwadi ezingezona "ezakho ubudala", angiboni kukhona okubi. Ngokolunye uhlangothi Awukwazi ukufunda zonke izinhlobo zezincwadi? Ngaphezu kokufunda i-Young Adult ngithanda ukufunda ezinye izinhlobo zezincwadi zesigaba sabadala futhi ngikholwa ukuthi zombili lezi zigaba zinganikela kakhulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo zabafundi, konke kuncike ekwazini ukuthi ungayikhetha kanjani incwadi efanele.