5 Young Adult Reads in Which Poetry is Part of the Plot
Young adult books and poetry go together like bacon and grilled cheese, a combination that’s consistently delicious. There are entire…
Roundups
We Love These YA Books About High School Outsiders
With back-to-school season right around the corner, it’s time to start getting in the mood for bulging backpacks, questionable cafeteria…
To Celebrate International Friendship Day, 6 Awesome Cross-cultural YA Friendships
One of the reasons we love books is because they introduce us to worlds we may not be able to…
12 YA Books That Belong Together
There’s nothing better than a great book, except, of course, two great books. And even better than that is two books that belong…
7 YAs Where Friendship Trumps Romance
When is romance a key part of a coming-of-age young adult story, and when is it simply a box to…
9 YAs to Read Based on Your Favorite Classic Summer Movies
These days, superheroes seem to dominate the box office every summer (if you’re a fan of ant-men, this is your…
6 Comics-Inspired YAs to Get You in the Mood for Comic-Con
Comic books have transcended the nerd-o-sphere and happily taken their power position among pop culture’s heavy hitters. The biggest blockbuster movies…
Five YAs for Fans of Political Intrigue
One may need to be 18 to vote in the United States, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lots of ways…
Celebrate Independence Day with 5 Awesome YA Breakup Books
Whether you’re spending today celebrating life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or simply eating yourself into a potato salad…
Happy Unbirthday, Alice! 6 Retellings to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland
We all know the story: a little girl follows a rabbit down a hole and ends up in a magical…
5 YAs Featuring Student-Teacher Relationships
In college romances, the teacher-student relationship is a common trope, used to instill a romantic boundary and infuse an otherwise legal pairing…
6 Great YAs Exploring Childhood Abduction
It’s a dark reality of the world that no one waits until you’re “old enough” to deal with trauma, and…
5 YAs for Mad Max Fans
Less than two months ago, Mad Max was just a slightly dusty (yet still awesome) franchise from the 1980s. But now…
10 YA Novels That Take You Inside Video Game Worlds
For me, video games and young adult novels go together like peanut butter and jelly, Oreo cookies and milk, pizza…
7 of the Best Road Trips in YA
Summer is coming, and nothing says summer like cold drinks, long playlists, and a good, tension-ridden road trip. So buckle…
Relive Your Summer Camp Glory Days with These 5 YAs
If you’re like me, you fell in love with summer camp the first time you watched The Parent Trap. The kayaking, the pranks,…
6 YA Princesses Who Can Save Themselves
Despite passing on their deep love for Disney, my parents weren’t big on the idea of princesses. I didn’t have…
7 of YA’s Best Ballerina Books
Ballet is notoriously elegant, beautiful, and deceptively delicate, but those with more intimate knowledge of the dance know that inside…
Go Back to the Future with These YA Time Travel Novels
I should probably be upfront about this right now: TIME TRAVEL IS MY JAM. Seriously. I’m a Back to the…
5 YA Moments That Made Us Lose Our Innocence
We all have those books we read too young, leaving us slightly scarred after sneaking a peek at a raunchy fantasy or…