Well, I mean not adult in theme so much as adult in who they are aimed at ^.~. And by 5th grade reading level I meant reading comprehension level, words an average 5th grader would understand
...I know there are many Boobers out there that read years above the grade they are in (mine was college level when I was fourteen), but reading levels in the book word are based on the everyday reader in whatever grade they stand for...
So, the 5th grade reading level most popular adult novels have now is nothing to write home about
. And so, no one should be imbassrested reading YA fiction, which, IMHO often has more exciting plots than adult books and really when you get down to it, the same reading level, if not higher
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