6 of the Best YA Books with Family on the Page
Families (and parents in particular) are often conspicuously absent from YA books. There are usually excellent reasons for this—character development,…
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5 Rom-Coms to Binge After I Believe in a Thing Called Love
So you’ve read and loved Maurene Goo’s adorable I Believe in a Thing Called Love, and now you’re dying for…
50 Crucial Feminist YA Novels
Given the sheer number of feminist YA gems, compiling a list of essentials is undoubtedly a foolhardy task—and yet we…
I Believe in a Thing Called Love Is the Romantic Comedy We Deserve
In these trying times, we can all use some joy and goodness. Thankfully, Maureen Goo’s latest offering, I Believe in…
8 Speculative Fiction Authors Whose Books Are a Lesson in Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding may not be the exclusive domain of speculative fiction (real-world settings need development, too, after all), but fantastical genres…
Strange the Dreamer, Romantic and Morally Complex, Is Laini Taylor at Her Best
Laini Taylor’s bestselling Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy offered readers a lushly romantic and heart-wrenchingly tense tale of a…
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World Contributor Kayla Whaley on the Word and the Book
Feminism is a loaded word. It comes with a variety of shifting definitions (depending on whom you ask and when)…
5 YA Reads Perfect for Autumn
We’ve made it through the swelter of summer and are now rewarded with autumn, that blessed season of crisp air,…
5 of the Best Opening Scenes in YA Lit
Opening scenes are some of the trickiest to pull off, not least because they’re expected to do so much heavy…
10 of the Best Quotes About Writing from YA Authors
Writing is so often an isolated endeavor. You sit in your room or office or favorite coffee shop and try…
5 Metaphysical YA Books That Question the Universe and Life Itself
The biggest, most complex questions to answer are often the simplest to ask: What is life? What is time or space…
5 YA Books That Take You Deep Into the Woods
From the first time we hear the story of Little Red Riding Hood, we recognize the woods as places filled…
Every Line is Worth Savoring in These 5 YA Books
There’s nothing quite like a perfect sentence, the kind that demands to be taken in slowly and that lingers long…