Summer Olympics 2016 in Rio is just around the corner, and we here at the B&N Teen Blog are prepared! Oh, I’m not exercising or otherwise engaging in physical activity or anything, but I did pound some fabulous Olympic/pro sports–themed YA in honor of the games, and really, isn’t that what being an athlete is […]
April is National Poetry Month. Wait. Wait! Don’t scroll past. Don’t move on. I know. I know. Like many, if it’s not a haiku, my reaction to the mere mention of poetry is to place my fingers in my ears and lalala my way through the conversation. Somewhere in school, in between the study of […]
A.L. Sonnichsen’s Red Butterfly is a moving middle grade novel in verse about an orphaned girl in modern-day China who discovers the meaning of family. As we celebrate language and poetry for National Poetry month, we chatted with the author about her experience writing in verse, her memories as a young reader and writer, and […]