Why young-adult fiction is a dangerous fantasy

Why young-adult fiction is a dangerous fantasy

I’ve drafted an outline for a bestselling young adult novel. It features
a transgender school dropout with autism who meets a self-harming
vampire with a heart of gold, hell bent on bringing peace to the world.
Together they embark on a magical quest to find an ancient crystal with
the power to render all weapons useless. Oh, and the protagonist’s
mother makes a living selling legal highs to illegal immigrants.

Annnnnnd that’s where I stopped reading.