
Heavy Medal
October 28, 2021 by Ally Watkins
This is really the dedication to a 2021 young adult book published by a big 5 publisher. It sets the tone for the whole book. IYKYK, as the kids say. I was a church kid my entire childhood and well into adulthood, really. I was such a church kid. And I wasn’t ready for Erin […]
May 3, 2021 by Ally Watkins
Author Corey Ann Haydu talks with us about imperfect characters with imperfect feelings
December 23, 2020 by Ally Watkins
It’s no secret that 2020 has been…a lot. But also, a lot of beautiful comics and graphic novels have come out this year. Here’s a few of my favorites middle grade and YA graphic novels from 2020, in no particular order: Go With the Flow is a great MG graphic novel about a group of […]
September 7, 2020 by Ally Watkins
Hey, friends! It’s been quite awhile since we’ve done a comics roundup here at TLT, so here’s a few MG and YA comics and graphic novels releasing in September and October that you might be interested in! Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse. September 1. Random House Graphic. Effie has a new life with new […]
August 28, 2020 by Ally Watkins
Why We Need Humor in YA BooksI grew up in the era of really depressing YA books. That’s right. When authors hit the dystopian euphoria, I’d started middle school, and by the time they ended their worlds where the governments wore white suits and pitted teenagers against each other in arenas, I graduated. And I […]
March 31, 2020 by Ally Watkins
I was born XO, which does not stand for hugs and kisses. Lots of things became chaotic when I was born. I had something called omphalocele, which means my intestines were sticking out through a hole in my stomach where my belly button should have been. I was rushed to surgery before my mom was […]
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March 24, 2020 by Ally Watkins
I wasn’t an athletic kid. That’s what I said to people if they asked what I was into. I said I was a theatre geek, a book nerd, one of those kids who only worked out when lifting a stack of books or swinging around a fake plastic sword. Those were lies, of course, though […]
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A Fuse #8 Production
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