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Magic and Dreams Collide in Sequel to “A Study in Drowning”

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid’s highly anticipated sequel to A Study in Drowning returns readers to the lush, dream-filled world that we know and love, but with more than ever at stake. Packed with twists and turns and mysterious magic, A Theory of Dreaming is the dark…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 29, 2025

Miscellany Young Adult

Missing: Stories About Black American Muslim Teens in YA Fiction

Unfortunately, Black American Muslim teens are rarely the main characters in traditionally-published, contemporary young adult novels. In 2017, I was shocked when I learned at my local library there wasn’t a single title available. That abysmal statistic pushed me to start writing these types of stories. More than once, I’ve…

Khadijah VanBrakleJune 30, 2025

Young Adult

Friends Turned Enemies Must Save Kingdom in Magical YA Take on “Swan Lake”

If you enjoy fantasy with drama, betrayal and sharp female leads, then A Treachery of Swans will definitely catch your attention. This young adult fantasy, written by A. B. Poranek, draws you into a richly imagined world where magic is banned, identities are stolen and nothing is as it seems.…

Sunday Juliet AdakuJune 26, 2025

Listicles

Queer YA Stories for Pride and Beyond

Young adult fiction has always offered readers a window into the intense emotions and discoveries that define adolescence. For LGBTQ+ teens, stories that reflect their experiences — first crushes, identity exploration, family struggles and friendships — can be especially powerful. Queer coming-of-age books do more than just entertain; they provide…

Katie BloomerJune 16, 2025

Young Adult

YA Fantasy Debut “Celestial Banquet” Is a Veritable Feast for the Senses

Roselle Lim’s YA fantasy debut, Celestial Banquet, is a veritable feast for the senses. Centering around a hot-headed teen protagonist who aims to change her life and home through her cooking skills, it’s a thrilling exploration of family, love and home through a colorful culinary lens. Cooking for the Gods…

Kiersten BjorkJune 3, 2025

Young Adult

Teenager’s Daydreams Shattered by Family Secrets in Mythology-Tinged Debut

Selina Li Bi has written an imaginative and poetic Young Adult debut novel, Sunlight Playing Over a Mountain, that will pull at readers’ heartstrings. There is injustice and unbalance in the world when a child is forced to grow up too fast, forced to assume the adult responsibilities of caring…

Linda HitchcockMay 20, 2025

Fiction

Discover a World of Privilege and Power in Emily Tesh’s Sapphic Dark Academia

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh is the YA sapphic dark academia you didn’t know you needed! It blends richly layered fantasy with a dash of enemies-to-lovers romance, all set in a unique and intriguing academic setting. Tesh explores themes of love, loyalty and power in this fun romp into a…

Caleb ThomasMay 15, 2025

Young Adult

Romance, Adventure and Horror Collide in Epic, Ancient Egyptian Inspired Fantasy

Okay, so I went into His Face Is the Sun expecting chaos, gods and battles from the start ... and that’s not exactly what I got — but I’m not mad about it. Author Michelle Jabès Corpora definitely takes their time building things up, and while that threw me off at…

Cemile AtarMay 9, 2025

Fiction Young Adult

“Sunrise on the Reaping” Stuns Hunger Games Fans with Haymitch’s Harrowing Origin Story

Happy 16th Birthday, Haymitch! In Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins’ latest amazing installment in The Hunger Games franchise, readers are thrust into the treacherous world of Haymitch Abernathy’s origin story. The Second Quarter Quell Changes Everything Each year, Haymitch’s birthday is marked by the cruelest of events in the…

Jodé MillmanMarch 31, 2025

Recommended

A Race Through Time to Save the Past and Secure the Future

Beyond Australia is an engaging young-adult novel about an inquisitive teenaged girl who bravely undergoes time travel in the hope of saving her ailing grandfather. This is a first work of fiction for research scientist Lee Forrest, whose empirical training shows up throughout the story in its precisely detailed historical…

Anne Eliot FeldmanMarch 14, 2025

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

Fiction Young Adult

Queer Dystopian Romance Perfect for Fans of “The Hunger Games” and “The Last of Us”

Fable for the End of the World marks A Study in Drowning author Ava Reid’s highly anticipated return to YA. A heart-pounding dystopian romance, Fable for the End of the World takes the televised-competition-to-the-death premise of The Hunger Games and infuses it with even more modern context and triggers, all…

Kiersten BjorkMarch 10, 2025

Audiobooks Listicles Young Adult

5 Fiery YA Audiobooks About Getting Revenge

These audiobooks about revenge illuminate the lengths people will go to correct the injustices they’ve endured. The narrators give raw, emotional performances that draw teen listeners in.

Alex RicheyJanuary 28, 2025

Recommended Young Adult

A Secret Life Abroad After Family’s Escape From Soviet Invasion

After a grueling escape from Hungary following the 1956 Soviet invasion, her father arranges for friends to take her across the Atlantic to America. Before she boards the ocean liner, he pulls her aside, and from his ragged coat takes out a flat, rectangular, butcher-paper-wrapped package tied with twine. “Keep…

Jim AlkonJanuary 17, 2025

Young Adult

Psychological Thriller Follows a Missing Teen and Deadly Family Secrets

When Mimi Went Missing packs a wallop and commands the reader’s attention right from the opening paragraph. For many, it may be a reminder of the dreaded high school cliques and the mean girls who ran them but with darker intent. This debut novel of Suja Sukumar is categorized as…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 14, 2025

YA Holiday Romances - Tall Poppy listicle

Listicles Romance Young Adult

5 YA Holiday Romances to Warm Your Heart

How is everyone? By the time this posts, those who are celebrating Christmas, or are in communities where holiday preparations are at their peak might either be bursting with excitement or exhaustion. Our to-do lists might seem impossible to overcome, our schedules packed to the brim. But we have books—print,…

Tif MarceloDecember 23, 2024

Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez

Fiction Young Adult

“The Mummy” Meets “Indiana Jones” in Lush YA Romantasy Sequel

There aren’t many pleasures in this world, but reading a sequel that actually lives up to the hype and expectations of the first that you fell in love with is definitely one of them. Ever since I read that insane ending to What the River Knows, I have been chomping…

Kelsey HallNovember 14, 2024

Magic and Dreams Collide in Sequel to “A Study in Drowning”

Missing: Stories About Black American Muslim Teens in YA Fiction

A Race Through Time to Save the Past and Secure the Future

5 Fiery YA Audiobooks About Getting Revenge

A Secret Life Abroad After Family’s Escape From Soviet Invasion

5 YA Holiday Romances to Warm Your Heart

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