Chanukah (or Hanukkah—however you opt to spell and pronounce it!) is almost here, which means the time to grab last-minute gifts for yourself or someone else is…right now. (Insert joke about Chanukah miracles, et cetera.) Thankfully, it’s a great time in YA for Jewish fiction that makes the perfect gift, and whether you’re handing over […]
You’ve already bought your tickets for Love, Simon right? Rewatched the trailer so many times you can quote it? And you’ve definitely read (and reread) the novel it’s based on, Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, so much that your copy is starting to fall apart. Well, after you see the movie (whether it’s for […]
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 […]
Welcome to another edition of YAs That Get it Right, which is all about YAs that truly nail an element of the teen experience. This time, we’re talking about an issue that’s close to home for a lot of YA readers: anxiety. People experience anxiety in so many different ways, and no single depiction can […]
This year’s best of the best new YA books include ubiquitous must-reads, unexpected gems from beloved authors, fantasies both insistently fresh and in the mode of timeless classics, and addictive contemporaries with stellar voice and huge heart. They take us to mystical lost cities, lovingly wrought urban neighborhoods, and the insides of their character’s heads. […]