Forget basketball; the real March Madness is this week’s new YA releases. You could read three books a day (do it, do it!) this week and still have more on your list! A powerful debut about life in foster care, a time-traveling romance, and an update of Strangers on a Train will get your blood pumping, […]
Happy LGBTQAP preview day! I love to talk trends in this space, but first, can we all take a gander at the sheer volume? This season has double the rainbow content of previous seasons, and we are here for every single word of it. Upcoming releases include graphic novels, vibrant fantasies, friendship stories, examinations of […]
Do you feel that? The tingles that accompany the return of some of YAs most notable, bestselling, hardhitting, gamechanging debut authors, here to dazzle with their second books? Sophomore novels are hard enough feats, but when you’re following up the amazingness these debuts had to offer, well. I’m pleased to report these authors have knocked it […]
Spring has sprung and with it comes an extravaganza of YA. March introduces readers to necromancers, dystopian technopaths, a lesbian werewolf, and the wonders of TropeTown, in which every citizen embodies a literary trope. Charlotte Holmes is back to investigate the crimes only she can solve, the sequel to Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles is finally […]
Chanukah (or Hanukkah—however you opt to spell and pronounce it!) is almost here, which means the time to grab last-minute gifts for yourself or someone else is…right now. (Insert joke about Chanukah miracles, et cetera.) Thankfully, it’s a great time in YA for Jewish fiction that makes the perfect gift, and whether you’re handing over […]