War of words breaks out after YA novelist´s fans go after critical reader
(The Guardian Books News)

Twitterstorm unleashed after Sarah Dessen reveals hurt feelings about graduate´s wish to see her dropped from university curriculumA bestselling author´s decision to respond to a recent graduate who criticised her books in a local newspaper has seen the graduate bombarded with online abuse and her university apologise for her comments.YA author Sarah Dessen retweeted a story from South Dakota´s Aberdeen News to her 268,700 Twitter followers in which the graduate, Brooke Nelson, spoke about joining a committee at Northern State University to help choose a book that new students would be required to read on its Common Read course. Nelson said she had joined specifically to speak out against Dessen´s novels being included. Continue reading...