MORE 'TEEN-FICTION' POSTS
A look at some new and forthcoming books by Muslim authors
Three strong and exceptionally talented Black YA authors have hit the trifecta with books that are new releases or coming soon and reflect hip-hop culture.
The other day a parent came up to me and we engaged in some good old fashioned Reader’s Advisory. Her daughter was 11, a young 11. And she wanted some recommendations for some YA titles, but she was very worried about content. In the end I told her that after talking with her, I thought […]
Yesterday I shared with you a little bit about my feelings about people telling The Teen that she is “too sensitive”. It’s something that we obviously talk about a lot because I want to remind her that she can and should be able to express her feelings and stand up for herself. The other part […]
Earlier this month Amanda shared her Favorite 15 reads of 2015. Today it is my turn. Since we try to cover as many books as possible here, we often don’t read the same books, though that is not a hard and fast rule. Sometimes I will read a book and want to talk to Amanda […]
It’s almost 2016. Wait – what? IT’S ALMOST 2016! How did that happen? This month we have been busily plugging away at putting together a January launch schedule for the #MHYALit Discussion. So here’s a little look at what we have coming in 2016. So far, we have about 40 authors, librarians, parents of teens, […]
Today as part of our ongoing discussion on Faith and Spirituality in YA Lit (#FSYALit) guest Catherine Posey is discussing The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson. She even reached out to author Rae Carson who was kind enough to answer some questions for this post. You can find all the #FSYALit posts […]
I have finished my term as Rainbow Project Chair, and find myself off of book committees for the FIRST time since 2004, first as a member and then co-chair of the Amelia Bloomer Project, then as a member then chair of the Rainbow Project. If you count, that’s 10 YEARS of reading specifically themed books […]
Talking Teen Fiction with Victoria Scott
Teen Fiction, Teen Read Week, The Collector, Victoria Scott, YA Literature
|This week many libraries across the nation will be celebrating Teen Read Week, a YALSA initiative designed to remind teens to read for the fun of it – even in the middle of the school year. Yesterday we announced that this week we were doing a fun contest sponsored by YA author Victoria Scott. Don’t […]
I didn’t set out to write a book about a sex-focused boy who gets nearly killed in a vicious assault. I didn’t set out to write about a boy at all. This book started with me being annoyed. Annoyed at the female heroines in lots of YA books. I was tired of the YA girl […]
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