Young Adult
The Difference Between YA and NA and Why It Matters, Part II: A Teen Librarian Perspective
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen talks about the importance of Young Adult literature in the lives of teens
The Difference Between YA and NA, a former teen now new adult reader perspective
A former teen talks about the transition from reading YA lit to New Adult lit and why it makes a difference
Some Books Coming Soon for Your TBR List, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen
Teen contributor Riley Jensen looks at 5 upcoming YA lit releases
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#WeNeedDiverseBooks Panel at Irving Public Library 5/13/15
Last night I attended the We Need Diverse Books panel at the Irving Public Library. It featured I. W. Gregorio, author of None of the Above, Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton, authors of Tiny Pretty Things, Marieke Nijkamp, author of This is Where it Ends, and Natalie C. Parker, author of Beware the Wild. I […]
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#tearyya: the books that made us cry (and a sneak peek at VIOLENT ENDS)
Yesterday I read an ARC of VIOLENT ENDS, and it made me cry. In a couple of places actually. That doesn’t happen as often as you would think it would. So that got me thinking, what books have made you actually cry? Several people shared their Teary YA Reads on Twitter with the hashtag #tearyya […]
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I have been following with waxing and waning interest for the last few months the chatter about the “New Adult” trend that publishers have been introducing. You can trace it back to St. Martin Press back in 2009, when they wanted to market books as coming-of-age stories with characters in their twenties. You can actually trace it […]
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