Whether your fascination with Russia is its rich history, unique architecture, fur-tastic fashion, fraught history with the U.S., or something else entirely, YA may just have something that speaks to your Russophilia and your soul. From spies in the Cold War era to Siberia under Stalin, here are our favorite books that bring Russian history to […]

Every now and again, you have a visceral experience while reading that sticks in your brain long after you’ve put the book down. Well over a year after reading Lindsay Smith’s debut, Sekret, I still distinctly remember closing the book and yelling “More!” to an empty room, like a toddler who’d been left in a […]

I was a pretty privileged traveler as a teen, thanks in large part to internationally located family, but there are still plenty of places left on my wanderlusting bucket list. Thankfully, there’s a whole host of fantastic, internationally set YA for those who, like me, will just have to do some of their adolescent traveling […]

Some months the stars align, the book cupids load their bows, and our collective to-read lists collapse under their own weight—and for lovers of young adult lit, this is that month. If you need another excuse to ride out the rest of winter on your couch with a good book, look no further than this […]

It’s beginning to feel like every year is a great year for young adult literature, isn’t it? From fantastic new debut authors to the next book in your favorite series, the start of a new year brings zillions of wonderful YA words just waiting to be discovered. But I’m particularly excited about this coming year, […]