Long Way Down

Summer’s end is nigh, and with it go the big Hollywood blockbusters, those delicious “why didn’t I think of that” high-concept stories we all know and love. But you don’t have to wait till next summer for fun, fantastic, and decidedly high-concept tales. You don’t even have to wait till they’re on demand. These amazing […]

As far as lists go, the 2017 long list for the National Book Awards in the young people’s literature category is pretty damn staggering. Some 60 percent of the writers are of color, and the titles represent a diversity not yet seen on a list at this level. And like last year’s nominees in the category of […]

I was going to introduce this amazing lineup of diverse books in narrative verse in free verse of my own, but I thought I’d spare you. Who needs my weak verse when you have real poets telling amazing stories? Novels in verse are a refreshing genre for many reasons, whether it’s because you’ve been doing […]

Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and wonderful landscape of books that should be read by everybody, but each month we highlight the perspective of teens reading the best of the best books written for and about them. Check back monthly to see what they’re recommending […]