True fact: this is one of my favorite release days this year, combining feminist fantasy, brilliant sci-fi, psychological thrillers, emotional contemporary, and wonderful representation of all kinds. There are so many special books to be had here, including one of the best anthologies YA has ever seen, and you don’t want to miss a single […]
Politics have always played a huge role in YA, from royal fantasies to reproductive fiction to immigrant narratives to contemporary romances that beg for some sort of meeting across the aisle. Sometimes the politics are explicit and sometimes implicit, but there’s no question politics are as important and relevant for teens as they are for […]
It’s here! It’s here! The LGBTQAP July–December preview is here! This is one of the most unusual seasons of queer YA we’ve seen, I think, in that in over twenty titles, almost none is your usual “boy meets boy” or “girl meets girl.” (And the one that is happens to be between boys who never get that […]
Walk through a book that feels like a ballad, return to the word-drunk world of Weep, discover new tales set in beloved fantasy realms, and dive into retellings that feel completely new. These are the fantasy books we’ll be building cottages in the woods out of this late summer and beyond, to lure in readers […]
We’ve got one last full month of summer left, and YA is making sure you’ve got incredible books to enjoy every single day of it. (And if you’ve only got time for quick reads in between dips in the pool or shifts at your summer job, there are several amazing anthologies happy to accommodate you!) […]
