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@beth20 The guidelines that @corkybookworm shared for differentiating between Middle Grade and YA are pretty universal across several sources, so I’d agree with that. For everyone mentioning Ranger’s Apprentice, that series is riding the line between the two. Technically it’s considered high Middle Grade/low YA, and even a lot of libraries don’t know what to do with it and will put it in different sections.

I think target audience is the most important factor here. Which is tricky, because depending on family life and community, younger kids may be more familiar with cussing, mature/dark themes, and different lessons. In general I’d still follow the guidelines, but you know your book best of course!