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Reading a ton of MG and YA while writing my first book (originally conceived as an adult novel), I was surprised at how adult the voices are in many MG/YA books. "This is how it all begins. With Zephyr and Fry - reigning neighborhood sociopaths - torpedoing after me and the whole forest floor shaking under my feet as I blast through air, trees, this white-hot panic." That's the open from one of my favorite MG/YA books, an award-winner - the narrating character is 13. I've stopped worrying about writing down to young readers, at least in words or style. So long as the attitude of the characters, the soul, fits with their age, it feels like we're at a point where the language isn't much different from adult fiction. Is that correct?