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Violence in Young-Adult Fiction is inexcusable, in my opinion. Why would a writer seek as their first priority to make huge sums of money off these vulnerable youngsters; violence in Young-Adult Fiction is excusable if it is the natural outcome of a writing class where a youngster is writing. I will rephrase that: Violence in young-adult novels is excusable it it is written to teach a lesson, to point out some moral.

Making violence for violence sake available to impressionable teen-agers is wrong, wrong, wrong. Yet they themselves often write of violence in their writing classes with such anger and emotion it often times shocks the writing instructor, but if it serves as a purpose for the young author, then maybe it is necessary. In this way he/she is venting frustrations, trying to shock teachers and classmates, making himself heard, but make no mistake, in writing he will be seen as himself. Yet, the potential for damage here should not go unnoticed.

Writing is therapeutic. (Why do you think I write for Helium? I do so because deep down within me there are feelings-right or wrong-that say, there are people out there that need to know this.)It is one way to be heard. As a youngster I was bookish. I loved to read and since I lived in a lonely rural area I had nothing to do but to read and to make believe. After school, I played school. I was then the teacher, of course, and the puppies and kittens and chickens were my pupils. My brother, two years older, laughed at me and refused to play along, but I did not care. So, 65 plus years later, I am still playing school!.)

Back to Violence in Young-Adult Fiction: There's an extra bonus in permitting youngsters to write out their anger, show off their charm, brag, or simply assert themselves by writing fiction; it tells those in authority dangers to watch out for in their behavior thus allowing for remedial help when this can possibly avert more serious outcomes of flawed and mis-guided personalities.

And I reiterate: If this is done by those for ulterior motives not sanctioned by parents and teachers and those in the business of helping stressed out teenagers, it is wrong, wrong, and wrong. It is the wrong use a God-given talent designed for character building, not demolition work on warped souls.

The only way violence in young adult fiction is excusable if it is there for a purpose. Does it teach the child some important lesson they need to learn, or is it there simply because the author chose to make it into something that the youngsters would want to read. In other words was it written for sensationalism and not for its illustrative and intuitive value.

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