Honestly, I don't read a lot of middle-grade books. That's just my personal preference, though. I'm going to keep this post on the shorter side, mainly because I don't have much to say about this specific topic. The subject of dark topics in middle-grade books - i.e. drugs, death, etc. - is something I've seen floating around a bit in the bookish community. So I thought I'd give my two cents on the topic.
I think that dark topics - drugs, sex (or, more correctly, rape), death, etc. - can work in middle-grade books, as long as it's done with the audience in mind. The author really has to keep the age group of their audience in mind, because middle grade means 8 years old to 12 years old. I feel like situations like these within middle-grade fiction.
Again, I don't read a lot of middle-grade books. As a result, I don't feel like I have enough information on the genre to really give a comment and full opinion on whether or not dark topics should be incorporated into it, Comment on this post with your thoughts on this subject!
