SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

I am a high school teacher who writes novels on the side. I've always wanted to try my hand at novel writing, so I took about a year and really worked on creating something special.

My goal in writing my novel, LARP: The Battle for Verona, was to create an entertaining YA novel that also taught a lesson. As a teacher, I see lots of kids being bullied, or, they are treated poorly by their peers because of their interests. LARP addresses both of those issues without being preachy.

So, my question to everyone is...because YA novels are geared toward teens, is it important for there to be a lesson in the novel, or should the novels just be entertaining?

Justin, can't there be both?

First of all it must be entertaining else no-one will read it; if you can slip a life lesson in there, so they don't even realise it, all the better.

Yep I agree! :)

I agree with Sandra, too!