It’s the greatest pain and greatest pleasure of our reading lives: no matter how many wonderful novels we read, more are always rolling off the printing presses. We’ll never be finished reading—but we’d never want to be, either. Here are eight highly anticipated new books threatening the integrity of our nightstands and coffee tables in April.
Jesse Andrews, bestselling author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, knows how to encapsulate the often weird, sometimes awesome, and always awkward experience of being a teen. And his second novel, The Haters, only further establishes his ability to create authentic characters and relate their stories in his own distinct, fresh, and realistic voice.
This month is packed with fantasy sequels (Veronica Roth!), prequels (Kendare Blake!), and debuts, as well as four contemporary novels from YA rock stars Siobhan Vivian, Jesse Andrews, Becky Albertalli (good news for those who Love, Simon), and frequent coconspirators Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. If that’s not enough, you can try to figure out […]
This week in YA, love is in the air, whether inside a chic boutique or outside under a meteor shower. Zombies also abound, from Reconstruction-era U.S. to 1920s England. Lastly, the 1980s and 1990s called, and they have wisdom to impart. [ean1Rebound, by Kwame Alexander A prequel novel in verse to 2015 Newbery winner The Crossover, Rebound invites us […]
There are times for dystopias and times for sweeping fantasies and times for tearjerkers. But sometimes what you need most is a laugh, especially when the world beyond the pages of your book looks darker than you’d like it to be. There are plenty of YA reads that will make you LOL, and here are […]