The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, has won admirers and courted controversy for its frank depiction of the inner workings of the mind of a teenage boy living a hardscrabble life on a Native American reservation and trying to fit in at an all-white school. (Unsurprisingly, he thinks about sex. […]
I know, I know, this is a lot of books to anticipate this highly, but can I help it that the month is jam-packed with some of the most fun, beach-read-perfect work YA has ever seen? Or some of the most hard-hitting, nuanced, and thoughtful? This May is full of five-star reads, and though it may […]
It has been an extremely high quality book month, and it’s ending strong. From a bestseller’s sequel to poetic gay YA to ownvoices Native lit to a thriller that’ll knock your socks clean off, this is a pretty cool week in YA and a fabulous way to ring in the end of the school year. […]
Fantasy novels may tend to have the highest profile in YA lit, but as much as I love them, contemporary will always have my heart. Whether it’s a coming of age, a heart-fluttery romance, a pitch-perfect friendship story, a heart-racing thriller, a tearjerking examination of grief and tragedy, or an empowering and inspiring look at […]
So your favorite show is heading into a hiatus? I’m not here to tell you about some surprise TV tie-ins to read while you’re on break from school (not every show is Buffy, with entire seasons’ worth of comic books), but I do have some reads that may fill that hole in your heart while […]