I don't mind if there are several POVs in a book. Even in the 1st person (I've read some) as long as it's done well.
I read like 90% YA and have moved into contemporary stuff and you'd be surprised what is in there. I haven't read too many serious things (the kind dealing with real life issues), mostly I read lighter stuff. But even those have swearing. Even the F-word. One was from the perspective of an 18yo boy and when he was hanging out with his friends they cussed all the time.
One of the last ones I read was about a girl that unintentionally blames the most popular guy in school of raping her. (He just insulted her so she was crying AFTER she fell and cracked her head on something and someone saw her and assumed the worst). But she does nothing to stop the rumor which gets way out of control.
At one point the boy confronts her in the hall by screaming, "What the FUCK is you problem!" (or something to that extent) and then calls her a fucking liar several times. Of course there's a teacher there so he gets into even more trouble.
It all depends on the audience. To write for younger teens (12-15) you usually have to stay away from aggressive swearing. But for the older teens... just about anything goes. These books even got great reviews from the School Library Journal Review.
But the violence might have to be toned down. Just saying.
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I read like 90% YA and have moved into contemporary stuff and you'd be surprised what is in there. I haven't read too many serious things (the kind dealing with real life issues), mostly I read lighter stuff. But even those have swearing. Even the F-word. One was from the perspective of an 18yo boy and when he was hanging out with his friends they cussed all the time.
One of the last ones I read was about a girl that unintentionally blames the most popular guy in school of raping her. (He just insulted her so she was crying AFTER she fell and cracked her head on something and someone saw her and assumed the worst). But she does nothing to stop the rumor which gets way out of control.
At one point the boy confronts her in the hall by screaming, "What the FUCK is you problem!" (or something to that extent) and then calls her a fucking liar several times. Of course there's a teacher there so he gets into even more trouble.
It all depends on the audience. To write for younger teens (12-15) you usually have to stay away from aggressive swearing. But for the older teens... just about anything goes. These books even got great reviews from the School Library Journal Review.
But the violence might have to be toned down. Just saying.