We know, we know. You’re so over love triangles and instalove. But YA is about so much more than romance. From a song that changes everything to reclaiming your confidence (and that tiara!) to coming back from the brink of death, these nine awesome YA reads are about teens grasping for something more and finding […]
Now more than ever, we record the present through cameras instead of living in the moment—a detachment that brings with it the benefit of being able to recall our best (and worst) moments with more clarity than our memories can provide. Even before smartphones and social media, YA protagonists used cameras as shields, as masks, as […]
YA Open Mic is a monthly series in which YA authors share personal stories on topics of their choice. The aim of the series is to peel away the formality of bios and offer authors a platform to talk about something readers won’t necessarily find on their websites. This month, eight authors discuss everything from […]
When I was a kid, I never saw myself on the page. Like never. Occasionally, there’d be a brown person on the screen—like the monkey brain eaters from Indiana Jones And the Temple of Doom, or Apu from The Simpsons. Such stellar representations, no? Yup. (You can read some of my thoughts on that in […]