Lois Lowry circa 1992: so I've got this idea for a kids' chapter book
Publisher: ok cool, you've given us some good books before! what is it?
Lois: there's this dystopian society where there's no color, right?
Publisher: ok cool sounds interesting
Lois: and they euthanize weak babies and old people
Publisher: ok c- wait what
Lois: and when you hit puberty you start taking pills that curb your sexual urges
Lois: and all of human memory is crammed into this one twelve year old's brain. the last person they did this with committed suicide
Publisher: and you said this was a children's-