I can't speak for anyone else, but (almost) 20 years ago I was finishing off my public library's shelf of Hardy Boys books and starting to beg my parents for wh

I can't speak for anyone else, but (almost) 20 years ago I was finishing off my public library's shelf of Hardy Boys books and starting to beg my parents for whatever the newest Star Wars novel was. I don't think anyone is seriously arguing that, by and large, modern YA fiction is high art, but it's a tough case to make that they've gotten more pulpy than their predecessors.