The Yarn
Posts by Amanda MacGregor
Take Five: Feeling Angry?
Here are some middle grade books that feature angry characters or made me angry for various reasons.
The Ties That Bind, a guest post by Jen Calonita
My grandparents may be long gone, but with Isle of Ever, I can’t help but feel this new story is as much theirs as it is mine.
Holiday House, Candlewick, and Peachtree YA Showcase
These books touch on book banning, romance, mental health, trans history, friendship breakups, folk-horror, time travel, historical fantasy, dance, climate change, and more.
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The Myth of Permanence, a guest post by Kellan McDaniel
Vampires face an interesting dilemma in immortality. Their bodies, generally, remain the same while their minds change and while the world changes. Context matters. What does it mean to be queer in 1960 vs. 2010 vs. 2025?
Take Five: Middle Grade Books on Women’s History
Today I'm focusing on five collections of books about women's history for middle grade readers.
Book Review: Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights edited by Ashley Hope Pérez
This light in the darkness is an inspiring call to action and an essential addition to all collections.
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Penguin Young Readers Summer Showcase
Today's summer list from Penguin Young Readers centers LGBTQIA+ stories/characters and race/racism
Take Five: March 2025 Middle Grade Novels
Books featuring grief, a magic school, a treasure hunt, a robot, and a young adventurer!
Fast Five Interview: Trang Thanh Tran
Author Trang Thanh Tran joins us to talk about their new book THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT.
Girls Posing as Boys: Stories Still Worth Telling? A guest post by Linda Joan Smith
In The Peach Thief, my 13-year-old protagonist—a starving workhouse girl—poses as a boy in order to get a tenuous job scrubbing pots in the all-male world of an earl’s walled kitchen garden.
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