While we celebrate YA every day, the official party is tomorrow—Thursday, April 16, Celebrate Teen Lit Day. One hugely fun event is Readergirlz’ Rock the Drop, which is a treasure hunt, a bookshelf purge, and a tweeting extravaganza all in one (#rockthedrop). Here’s how to get involved: 1. Print out a bookmark from Readergirlz 2. Leave a book you’re ready to part with […]
Young adult novels have been attracting Hollywood’s attention since before the category existed (The Outsiders, anyone?), and in recent years, many of the most successful box office hits and buzziest television series have come directly from the YA shelves. Page to Screen is a series in which authors whose novels have been adapted for the screen share […]
Haunted houses strike fear into our hearts because they turn a place that’s meant to represent safety and comfort into a sinister trap to be outwitted and escaped under terrifying circumstances. And while most horror fans turn to the movies for their haunted house fix, fiction has dealt with its fair share of spiritually compromised […]