Young Adult

This Teen Must Master Her New Powers to Face Formidable Enemies … And High School

Lilly Dobbs always assumed she was human. Her life hasn’t exactly been normal, per se — an orphan twice over, she’s been stuck in the foster care system since she was nine, bounced from one home to another. But that’s just bad luck — surely there isn’t a bigger reason…

Cameron KimballAugust 19, 2022

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Ellen Oh On “Crazy Rich Asians” and Representation

Ellen Oh is one of the founders of We Need Diverse Books, a nonprofit organization that promotes diversity of multiple forms in children's literature and publishing. She recently took to twitter to voice her dreams of more support for Asian American children's book authors and illustrators with the stardom Crazy Rich Asians has been…

Rachel CarterSeptember 7, 2018

Young Adult

YA Time Traveler Shows Smarts in Brush With da Vinci

Saving Time does three things extremely well: serves up an engrossing story sure to captivate its targeted teen audience, provides great learning for those teens about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math), and beautifully captures the language of this generation to a tee — a language to which…

Jim AlkonDecember 11, 2020

Young Adult

Teen Searches for Life-Saving Reasons on Road Trip to NYC

Hope is one of the most powerful human forces. It’s the light we follow out of darkness, the promise of change just beyond the horizon that keeps us from abandoning our journey before we’ve reached our destination. Without hope, it’s difficult to imagine persevering through life’s many burdens. In her…

BookTribDecember 18, 2020

Young Adult

Enigmatic War Shakes the World in YA Thriller “Rain”

In 1970, Edwin Starr asked the world, “War! What is it good for?” It’s an interesting question, and one that many might approach by considering the circumstances around individual conflicts, answering on a case-by-case basis rather than making any kind of monolithic claim. Starr’s answer, of course, was “absolutely nothing,”…

BookTribJanuary 29, 2021

Young Adult

C.B. Lyall Continues a Magical YA Series With “The Veil of Corruption”

Hong Kong teenager Wilf just wants to be “A Normal” and play soccer; even though his magic keeps getting in the way. In fact, “He wanted to tell his best friend the truth. That he’d been to a Magical Realm full of witches and wizards, and that he had himself…

Judy MorenoMarch 23, 2021

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A Boy’s Search for Revenge on the High Seas in “Bartholomew Mills and the January Dawn”

Thus begins David Carmalt’s gripping tale, Bartholomew Mills and the January Dawn. This new release tells the story of Bartholomew Mills, or Bart for short, as he sets sail on a hair-raising journey across the Atlantic. There, the crew of the January Dawn may be in search of riches, but Bartholomew…

BookTribJune 22, 2021

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Frances Schoonmaker Kicks Off Her Middle-Grade Trilogy With the Magical “The Black Alabaster Box”

Someone was asking about the perfect formula for a middle-grade children’s book. Having been a child once myself, I brought some credentials to the discussion. But resting more on my adult intuition, I thought for only a second (showing youthful impatience) and offered up these three traits: (1) rooted in…

Jim AlkonSeptember 1, 2021

BooksToScreen Young Adult

Defanged, “The Call of the Wild” Still Grips

When Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild, serialized in 1903 in The Saturday Evening Post, it made adventure story history. The short novel became an international sensation, and it’s never been out of print. It’s the story of a dog, and the man who loved him. London spent…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 28, 2020

Young Adult

Teens Trade Secrets in “What the Other Three Don’t Know”

Is there any time in life that is more emotionally wrought than the teenage years? This roller coaster period, often difficult to navigate, is a time when teens feel out of sync; when their Inner and outer worlds collide. Spencer Hyde’s YA novel, What the Other Three Don’t Know (Shadow…

Joanne ShulmanMarch 6, 2020

Young Adult

“Walking Among Birds” Offers an Epic Vantage Point of Boarding School Secrets

So, there’s something about birds in the aptly named Walking Among Birds (Magdalen College Press), one of the neatest, niftiest and most intriguing dramas I’ve read this year, from a new young voice and literary talent Matthew Hickson. Right before the book’s pivotal sequence, Hickson writes, “The lights went out…

Jim AlkonMarch 18, 2020

Young Adult

Shy Bookworm Must Find Her Voice in “What I Like About You”

Kels Roth is a star. Her YA book review blog, "One True Pastry" — OTP for short — is gaining followers like crazy. She’s practically guaranteed a spot at BookCon this year. She’s pretty much destined for NYU. There's just only problem — Kels Roth is all a lie. Meet…

Cameron KimballApril 9, 2020

Young Adult

“The Legacy Series” Chronicles the Inner and Online World of Terminally Ill Teen

Before Zoom, WhatsApp and Facebook, at the very dawn of the World Wide Web was a new way of meeting and communicating with total strangers across the planet, all from your own home — online message boards. As any of us who are old enough to remember the heyday of…

BookTribMay 18, 2020

Young Adult

Special Edition of “A Wrinkle in Time” on Author’s 100th

Any lover of young adult literature no doubt is familiar with the unforgettable Meg Murry, who must confront her fears and self-doubt to rescue her scientist father experimenting with mysterious tesseracts capable of bending the fabric of space and time. Meg gets help from her little brother Charles Wallace, her…

BookTribOctober 1, 2018

Young Adult

When Fantasy and Reality Blur, Can Allie Save Herself?

It made complete sense that Allie Sai, terrified of flying and aliens, would be drafted for colonization of an alien planet. So goes Frost Kay’s latest YA title, Amber Vial. In her mind, Allie feels she has one choice: desertion. But she should’ve known better. A failed escape attempt leaves…

BookTribNovember 29, 2018

Young Adult

Someone Is About To Learn Not To Mess With Alpha Girl

In Being Alpha, Aileen Erin’s Book 7 in the Alpha Girls Series, for the first time since Tessa met Dastien, life is quiet. The evil witch, Luciana, is six glorious feet under, St. Ailbe's is closed due to human trespassers, and people are finally getting used to the fact that…

BookTribNovember 29, 2018

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This Teen Must Master Her New Powers to Face Formidable Enemies … And High School

Ellen Oh On “Crazy Rich Asians” and Representation

YA Time Traveler Shows Smarts in Brush With da Vinci

Teen Searches for Life-Saving Reasons on Road Trip to NYC

Enigmatic War Shakes the World in YA Thriller “Rain”

C.B. Lyall Continues a Magical YA Series With “The Veil of Corruption”

A Boy’s Search for Revenge on the High Seas in “Bartholomew Mills and the January Dawn”

Frances Schoonmaker Kicks Off Her Middle-Grade Trilogy With the Magical “The Black Alabaster Box”

Defanged, “The Call of the Wild” Still Grips

Teens Trade Secrets in “What the Other Three Don’t Know”

“Walking Among Birds” Offers an Epic Vantage Point of Boarding School Secrets

Shy Bookworm Must Find Her Voice in “What I Like About You”

“The Legacy Series” Chronicles the Inner and Online World of Terminally Ill Teen

Special Edition of “A Wrinkle in Time” on Author’s 100th

When Fantasy and Reality Blur, Can Allie Save Herself?

Someone Is About To Learn Not To Mess With Alpha Girl

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