5 Sci-Fi Heroines Who Could Totally Hang with Rey
Unless you’re one of the half-dozen people left who hasn’t yet seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and if you are, go see…
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11 YAs to Read Based on Your Favorite American Girl Doll
Before the Internet and the enormous American Girl stores were a thing, getting the American Girl catalog in the mail…
YA Recs for the Gang at Sweet Valley High
Everyone has those books from childhood that deeply influenced them, whether classics or graphic novels or, for modern teens, hopefully…
These Shallow Graves and More Historical YAs About Wayward Women
They say well-behaved women seldom make history. (Well, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich said that, to be precise.) An addendum to that…
YA Recs for Every Member of the Baby-Sitters Club
If, like me, you’re a child of a Certain Decade, there’s a good chance you grew up reading Ann M. Martin’s…
10 YA-Inspired Halloween Costumes
Halloween is two days away, which means it’s time to get your costume sorted if you haven’t already. And what could be…
8 Book Recs for Our Favorite Fictional TV Women
Having a circle of good girlfriends is super-important. It just so happens that a bunch of ours live inside our…
Fly High with These 5YA Aviatrix Novels
Female pilots are every bit as brave, adventurous, and downright badass as their male counterparts, but historically they haven’t gotten the…
5 Cross-Book YA Character Pairings We’re Shipping
In real life, I’m not much of a matchmaker. I can barely find people I like, let alone figure out…
5 YA Heroes Who Weren’t Really Cut Out for the Job
For every protagonist that kicks all manner of bad guy butt, there are at least five that spill things on…
20 Unlikely YA Heroes We Love
For every hero who was obviously destined for greatness (Superman, I’m looking at you), there’s a totally inconspicuous, unexpected counterpart. You know,…
Why Orphan Black’s Clone Club Make Excellent YA Role Models
A recent New York Times profile on Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany reflects that her masterful portrayals of Project Leda’s disparate clones represent a range of…
7 Awesome Heroines Who Know “Girly” Doesn’t Mean “Weak”
I love a powerful YA heroine. I love warriors and badasses and heroines who hate makeup and even the girls who don’t really get…
8 Badass YA Heroines Who Aren’t Katniss
Tris, Katniss, Hermione—we know there are some truly badass teens in YA fiction. But the ones who make it to…
The 8 Most Embarrassing Parents in YA
Sometimes it seems like parents in YA (at least one, if not both) are either checked out or dead. So it’s always nice to…
5 YA Characters Who Should’ve Had a Sibling
As one of four siblings, I’m always fascinated by books that explore the many different (and often complicated) kinds of…
These Unlikable YA Heroines LOL at Your Concern, Quietly Plot Your Destruction
The idea that readers can’t identify with unlikable characters is hilariously, fatally flawed. In pursuit of a good story, we’ve…
On Wednesdays They Wear Pink: The Best Mean Girls of YA Lit
In the world of high school, no clique is more feared or glamorized than the Mean Girls. Sometimes they’re beautiful…