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I write dark fantasy that often explores topics of war, racism, drug use, prostitution, murder, torture (not all in the same book, just spread out over various works) and so on. The book I've been working on has shades of racism, murder, drug use, and war. My main characters range in age from 15-18.
My question, I guess, is can my novel be classed as YA because of the age of my characters while still exploring those themes and how to overcome them in the case of the drug use and racism? I know YA can be dark, I'm just curious where the line is where it becomes too dark to be YA no matter whether your character are 15-18. Where do you then say "Okay, your characters are teens, but your material still needs to be classified as adult."
Thanks for reading and responding.
My question, I guess, is can my novel be classed as YA because of the age of my characters while still exploring those themes and how to overcome them in the case of the drug use and racism? I know YA can be dark, I'm just curious where the line is where it becomes too dark to be YA no matter whether your character are 15-18. Where do you then say "Okay, your characters are teens, but your material still needs to be classified as adult."
Thanks for reading and responding.