Young adult novel word count

I really appreciate this post, my novel is , right in the middle of most! Hand counting would have been very painful. Okay, am I getting off track? Your word limits are absolutely what I hear all the time, and what I would aim for. This is how I understand the way word count is […]
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Eveline:
It's not even a good profile picture of him and he has had so many good photos since he posted it in 2015. I've told him it makes me uncomfortable that he has that profile photo.
(25 February 2019)

Eveline:
I think it was a mutual breakup, he claims he doesn't miss her.
(25 February 2019)

Eveline:
We've been dating for a year and he's been broken up with her for 3 years.
(25 February 2019)

Aletha:
Why did my teacher ignore me?
(25 February 2019)

Aletha:
She avoided eye contact with me, did not smile at me, and stayed far away from me.
(25 February 2019)

Aletha:
But for the entire of my senior year, she never said 2 words to me.
(25 February 2019)

Aletha:
She still continued to say hi and talk to me after that until the year ended.
(25 February 2019)

Aletha:
In high school, I told a female high school teacher I liked her during the end of my junior year.
(25 February 2019)

Rasheeda:
Is 27 young?
(25 February 2019)

Rasheeda:
Like could people in their late twenties still date, party and be friends with people in college?
(25 February 2019)