Young Adult

Danger Lurks in the Shadows of New YA Fantasy Adventure Series

We all dream of adventure — but when tasked with fighting monsters and saving the world, wouldn’t you be a little nervous too? In the first installment of his debut series, Tales from the Glassvine Wilds: The Dark Knight’s Curse, author Samuel Gallew takes readers on an adventure fraught with…

Katie BloomerMarch 24, 2023

Author Spotlight Fiction Young Adult

From BookTok to Bestseller: A Conversation with Chloe Gong

When author Chloe Gong burst into the literary scene, she was in her final year of college — in the middle of a pandemic. It was with the help of BookTok that her debut novel, These Violent Delights, became a bestseller. The novel, inspired by Romeo & Juliet, is set…

Aurora DominguezFebruary 27, 2023

Fiction Young Adult

Teenage Sleuth Investigates Unsolved Deaths at Cambridge University

Maureen Johnson is the type of writer that knows how to showcase a sense of mystery in her stories. She writes characters that have an intense curiosity and interest in finding out, at all costs, the secrets that surround them. Her books are relatable not only to teens, but also…

Aurora DominguezJanuary 11, 2023

Fiction Recommended Young Adult

Discover What it Means to be a Knight in New YA Fantasy Series

In Remnants of Light, the debut novel in J.S. Allen’s Knights of Aralia series, readers are taken on a journey of friendship, heartbreak, adventure and self-discovery with the young protagonist, Fordain Abendroth. We meet Fordain as his tribe's village is raided and destroyed by the rebel soldiers of Primus Emprius.…

Abigail WhiteDecember 14, 2022

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Travel Through Time in this YA Sci-Fi by a 16-Year Old Author

After barely surviving a perilous journey through time, Wren Derecho has defeated her evil future self and thinks she has destroyed the corrupted time orb. But the present that she knows and loves hasn’t remained unscathed. What originally appear to be small, unusual changes give way to reality-collapsing tears in…

ValkyrieSeptember 13, 2022

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An Important Take on Grief, Mental Health and Identity in This Early Spooky Season Young Adult Read

EVERYONE HAS A DARK SIDE No matter how good we may try to be, the truth of the matter is that we are imperfect beings with imperfect thoughts and actions. As the horror genre so unflinchingly insists, darkness surrounds us, is within us, and is one of the fundamental building…

Monique SnymanSeptember 7, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Young Adult

Lost History and Aliens Clash in New Jon Land and Heather Graham Novel

Authors Heather Graham and Jon Land know their way around action-packed thrillers. They don’t mess around in their latest novel, Blood Moon (Tor Books), putting all of humanity in peril in this second of an ongoing series that began with The Rising. Graham and Land teleport the readers onto an Earth in which humanity faces attack from…

Dennis HetzelNovember 9, 2022

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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

Miscellany Pop Culture Young Adult

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

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

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

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

Danger Lurks in the Shadows of New YA Fantasy Adventure Series

From BookTok to Bestseller: A Conversation with Chloe Gong

Discover What it Means to be a Knight in New YA Fantasy Series

Travel Through Time in this YA Sci-Fi by a 16-Year Old Author

An Important Take on Grief, Mental Health and Identity in This Early Spooky Season Young Adult Read

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

Ellen Oh On “Crazy Rich Asians” and Representation

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”

Defanged, “The Call of the Wild” Still Grips

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

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

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