This month’s most anticipated teen novels take young readers on trips across time, into dark dystopias, and, most dangerously of all, into the halls of a modern-day high school under siege. From a paranormal standalone by The Selection author Kiera Cass, to a series starter from The Darkest Minds author Alexandra Bracken, these are the […]
If you have any question about the excellence of 2016’s crop of fresh YA, just look to today’s releases, the very first to hit in the new year. From deeply bonded witches on the run, to a high school student offering a very hands-on public service, to a “Chosen One” facing life after failure, these are the characters […]
When last we saw Mare Barrow, heroine of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen dystopian fantasy series, she was striped with Red and Silver blood and grappling with a shocking change in her fortunes. In series starter Red Queen, 17-year-old Mare’s red blood made her a member of the powerless peasant class, in a world where the silver-blooded have both position and […]
There are apps out there for just about everything, and plenty just for book lovers: apps that help you categorize your library, share your writing with a community (hi, Wattpad!), read comics in an interactive and dynamic way, and even interact with other book lovers by sharing reviews and making recommendations. And while a few of […]