![]() ![]() In Caverna, blessed are the cheesemakers. In fact, if not for the Harry Potter Effect, the mere notion of a 12-year-old heroine in the magical underground world of Caverna may have been dismissed as unpublishable - especially when the book comes in at just under 500 pages (a tome by YA standards) and its opening section spends a great deal of time on the fine art of cheese-making. It’s not difficult to imagine a world where Frances Hardinge’s new novel wouldn’t have found a publisher. ![]() ![]() Whatever your thoughts on the boy wizard and his author’s merits, the cultural impact is undeniable as evidenced by any number of touchstones - from the creation of an entire theme park in Orlando to a series of enormously popular movies.īut Rowling’s daring has also created much smaller ripples throughout the publishing industry and, more specifically, in the arena of young-adult literature. Rowling and Harry Potter did for the literary landscape will not be fully realized for years. ![]()
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