tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post2052978930199702978..comments2024-01-10T17:38:08.333-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Burns: Middle School Books v High School BooksLiz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-37980147342058993642007-01-06T13:46:00.000-05:002007-01-06T13:46:00.000-05:00"Middle" itself is such a middling word. ;-)"Middle" itself is such a middling word. ;-)Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-91421495903727036222007-01-06T10:41:00.000-05:002007-01-06T10:41:00.000-05:00I love conversations like this because it forces m...I love conversations like this because it forces me to really think about terms, what I mean, and what I say.<br /><br />I think I may start doing more Middle School/ High School labels. But the benefit of "middle grade" is (in my head, at least!) it includes 5th and 6th graders; and while I know of some middle schools that include 6th grade, I don't know any that includes 5th.<br /><br />Also, as I think about this, I also feel "middle grade" is for those novels that are beyond easy reader.<br /><br />Sigh. Labels are both good and bad...Liz Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-85213994965126481612007-01-04T23:59:00.000-05:002007-01-04T23:59:00.000-05:00http://slayground.livejournal.com/158677.html
Exp...http://slayground.livejournal.com/158677.html<br /><br />Expanded at my own blog :)Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-3625951538126980652007-01-03T22:11:00.000-05:002007-01-03T22:11:00.000-05:00I really want more book bloggers to recognize the ...I really want more book bloggers to recognize the middle school category. That's why I don't say 'middle grade' or 'MG' as much as other people do -- I prefer to say juvenile fiction or teen fiction if we're breaking the children's full-length fiction department into general halves, but better still, I prefer to say elementary school, middle school, and high school. If you want to go past those thirds, though, I will: early elementary school, late elementary school, then ages 8 to 12, ages 10 to 13, ages 12 and up, and ages 16 and up.Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.com