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University of Mississippi

aging protagonists

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UM researcher Ally Watkins surveyed New York Times bestselling books and found that protagonists in the young adult genre are not that young anymore. As main characters grow older – possibly accommodating older readers – Watkins fears younger readers may get left behind.

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