Young adult fiction writers such as Libba Bray and Maureen Johnson are directly responding to an article from the Wall Street Journal commenting on the apparently dark and destructive nature of young adult fiction, and they want our help - the young readers, parents, educators, and others who have been touched by YA literature.

Give them a shout. Go on Twitter and share how YA lit has affected you. Hashtag it #YAsaves. Even namedrop the @wsj for good measure.

[Note: The WSJ put an article almost exactly like this two years ago almost to the day - read that one here.]