Harry Potter + The Fault in Our Stars = A fantastic Why YA? post by Leah Miller

Mother, wife, and YA author living on a windy hill in Natchitoches, Louisiana. I love fuzzy socks, comic books, cherry coke, and brand new office supplies. THE SUMMER I BECAME A NERD by me coming Summer 2013 from Entangled Teen. You can visit Leah Miller’s blog, Living the Dream, or follow her on Twitter (@LeahR_Miller).
Filed under: Hank Green, Harry Potter, J K Rowling, John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, Why YA?

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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I love Cherry Coke too!!! I need to drive over and hang out with you. I'm not even 2 hrs away…
I am a Pepsi girl myself. But we can all 3 hang out! Plus, I love HP and TFIOS. I wonder if John Green would come hang out with us? That would be epic.
Cherry coke, ftw! We should totally all hang out! I'm starved for people to talk books with here. Not to mention, new friends rock 😀
Harry Potter is amazing. Non-controversial statement there. 😉
Beautiful, beautiful post.
I started reading TFIOS and actually had to stop. I lost my dad two years ago to cancer and watched the sickness slowly kill him for 16 months. But I agree, TFIOS is amazing, deep, beauty and I am so happy he wrote it. One day I hope I can finish it, but his death is still so raw and new to me, there is a lot I can't handle. I'm so grateful for YA books, they touch on deep subjects with no barriers.
Dude this post made me tear up! So beautiful. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself here and making us all think deeper. And you made me laugh, too. Which makes me even MORE eager to read your book. Seriously, 2013? That's sooo long away! lol
I love TFIOS!!!!!!!!! It's one of the best books of 2012, if not the best book of 2012. It was so profound and yet so true to the teenage experience…*trundles off to go read it again.*
I think the way these two books are connected for you is very beautiful. I'm glad you have something tangible like that to tether you to your father (or vice versa). It's not always necessary, but the symbolism is important.
I think books like these help prepare teens for real life without having to live it. So much better to be “prepared” to go through a situation because you knew something about it first, even if it's just by reading someone else's experience. Even fiction is based on emotional truth, right? 🙂