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 […]
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, 18 authors discuss everything from […]
Some folks like to deride graphic novels as “easy” entertainment, but graphic novels contain some of the most powerful and fun stories I’ve ever read. While the comics scene was and is still heavily dominated by cis straight white male characters, the success of graphic novels (including web-comic adaptation Nimona and National Book Award winner […]
We all have a lot to be grateful for in our lives. But writers (and readers, to be honest), in particular, often owe a debt to a particular book—one that shaped them, as a reader, as writer, as a human being. So this Thanksgiving, BN Teen asked 14 of your favorite authors to share the […]
Considering March is the only month that is also a verb, it’s fitting that this month could be measured by the word progress. Take an opportunity this Spring Break to get your family together for some book club time and make progress on all those reading logs and book reports that continue to roll in. […]