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Does a young main charecter mean the book should be ment for younger readers

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Nickeris86:
In my sword and sorcery novel, which I have described to others as Harry Potter for adults, the main character starts out at 14. It also begins with his first day at a Magic academy. Throughout the serise he is going to grow up and I am planning on ending it when he is twenty one ish.

The plot I have planed out is very dark and mature, involving death, war, demons, and other unpleasantness from the get go. My concern is that despite a mature plot, adult readers will not want to read about a teenager with magical powers.

your thoughts.

Quantus:
So long as the character doesn't act his age too much (ie being annoyingly immature), you should be ok, and with a dark setting like you describe that shouldnt be too hard.  In Ender's Game the Main Character starts out at about 6 years old, but is mature enough that you tend to forget it some. 

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LizW65:
There are plenty of books for adults with child protagonists.  To Kill A Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn come to mind, as do several of Robert Louis Stevenson's and Stephen King's stories.

BobForPresident:
Holden Cauffield comes to mind. Drizzt Do'Urden goes from birth to about 18 in human years in RA Salvatore's Homeland, too.

cheesemaster:
Look at Enders Game. Classic sci fi by Orson Scott Card. One of the better stories I have read. Well written and intelligent......and it follows a young man in his.....early teens? (Been a while since I read it) Lol. But it is a VERY adult story. The boy is put under very adult pressures and in the end it told a brilliant tale that went on to span, what, 6 books?

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