Cricket and I are debating again!
And, well, I’m a little worried about my opponent this time around.
I think the poor gal has gotten somewhat addled.
If I asked you to name the Most Influential Young Adult Book Series of all time what image immediately springs to mind?
Yup. You guessed it: This guy.
Well Cricket disagrees. She says the most influential YA Series is The Hunger Games.
Don’t ask me why.
For THG to be the most influential, you’d have to ignore that fact that Harry Potter came out more than a decade before THG. Or that HP produced a septet of books to THG’s three. Or that HP spent an entire uninterrupted decade on the New York Times Bestseller List. Or that HP led to midnight book release parties and lines around the block. Or that HP spawned a bazillion merchandizing tie ins. Or that HP singlehandedly changed the children’s book publishing industry as we know it. Or that geeks across the globe are actually skipping around on brooms playing honest-to-God games of Quidditch.
I mean, geez!
Cricket is a lovely person, but she has a bad habit of believing Alternate Facts.
Anyhoo, the debate can be found on Cricket’s blog. Head on over, read our arguments, and chime in with your opinion! It’ll be fun!
See ya there!
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