Let’s face it: while there’s some truly original, astounding work being done in the YA category, it is sometimes, occasionally, once in a while called out for the way it revels in its particular tropes. Case in point? The brooding YA hero. Writer Carrie DiRisio was so enamored by the idea of bending and twisting […]
As a culture-seeking society, there are few things we love more than a good retelling of an old classic. We want Lord of the Flies as a school field trip gone awry. We want Macbeth as a really cutthroat student council election. We want Hamlet told from the point of view of Ophelia. We want […]
Thirty? Yes, thirty. A committed May reader will mow down this list with a day to spare (on that day, you’ll reread The Golden Compass because reasons). So stretch your reader muscles, stock up on Gatorade, and get thee to the reading fort. May’s gonna be a doozy.