Good article. I don’t really think of Handmaids Tale as a YA book, but there’s nothing wrong with teens reading it.
The most important passage to me in this article:
“Wright explained that parents can select a library card that prevents children under 13 from accessing books in the teen section. “
This just proves it’s not about protecting themselves from what they can read, but to prevent you from reading it too. Ask yourself why they don’t want you to read it — it’s not about profanity or sex.
They were asking them to move the books to the adult section, not to remove them from the library.
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about age requirements for books. I also don’t know how to draw the line between what qualifies for each section. But I also don’t see how it matters much which section things are in because a parent can always check the book out for the kid if the kid can’t and the parent thinks it’s appropriate.