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Forbidden Romance, Dark Fantasy and Siren Magic in Stunning YA Debut

Gabi Burton’s debut young adult novel, Sing Me To Sleep (Bloomsbury YA), is a page-turner from start to finish. This beautifully crafted tale follows a siren, Saoirse Sorkova, as she navigates a society that is stacked against her. The kingdom of Keirdre enforces strict creature segregation laws, placing Fae above…

Kiersten BjorkJuly 10, 2023

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Bestselling Author Jesse Q. Sutanto Talks Diversity, Genre-Hopping and Her Upcoming Adaptation

If there’s something author Jesse Q. Sutanto does well, it is creating diverse reads with engaging characters and fun-filled stories. Her most notable recent release, Dial A For Aunties (Berkley), a cheeky comedy with edge, and her YA romances including Well That Was Unexpected (Delacorte Press), show that Sutanto can…

Aurora DominguezJune 28, 2023

Thrillers Young Adult

Counselor At Immersive Horror Camp Finds Herself Playing the “Final Girl” … for Real

A girl with the perfect summer job at a camp obsessed with horror films finds herself at risk of becoming the real “final girl” in this young adult slasher novel. Kalynn Baron is a YA author known for capturing characters living in fantasy worlds or being confronted with unique experiences.…

Aurora DominguezJune 21, 2023

Thrillers Young Adult

“The Handmaid’s Tale” Meets “Never Let Me Go” in YA Set in Restrictive Dystopia

The Chaperone is a brilliantly conceived, provocative and finely crafted YA novel written by M Hendrix (Sourcebooks Fire). It just might be one of the year’s best books written in this genre and one quite likely to be banned in Florida. She has envisioned a frightening dystopian world set in…

Linda HitchcockJune 15, 2023

Fiction Romance Young Adult

Fake Dating Leads to Real Feelings in Heart-Melting YA Romance

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to be in the popular clique in high school. I’ve seen them in various movies (possibly written by decidedly unpopular nerds or geeks like me) as mean, extremely confident and very heterogeneous. Those mean girls (and boys) are nothing like the…

Y. M. NelsonJune 13, 2023

Romance Young Adult

Two Paths Diverge on the Way to Happily Ever After in Queer YA Rom-Com

Dahlia Adler’s LGBTQ YA romances set the scene for characters who dig deep into their lives, thoughts and what they think their decisions should be. Her stories capture the complications of summer love, like Cool for the Summer, or the ups and downs of teen life, sports and tragedy in…

Aurora DominguezJune 13, 2023

Young Adult

Pop Star and Spy Go Undercover in YA Thriller from Marie Lu

Fans of Marie Lu will revel in this new, but wholly familiar direction for the bestselling author delivering a YA spy thriller. Stars and Smoke is equal parts riveting and romantic as it follows an international superstar and a no-nonsense spy who team up for the mission of a lifetime.…

24hr. YA Book BlogJune 9, 2023

Children's Books Listicles Young Adult

5 Mysteries with an Environmental Twist That Will Engage and Educate Young Readers

Everyone is becoming more conscious of environmental issues — climate change, endangered species, and keeping our planet safe and habitable. Children and young adults, more than anyone, have these issues at the forefront of their minds. They are the future, after all. But why should educating young people about these…

Megan BeauregardJune 2, 2023

Fiction Thrillers Young Adult

A Cruise Turns from Cathartic Escape to Tomb in New Horrific Thriller

Diana Urban lures readers in with tales of mystery, suspense and horror. Readers will never fail to be invested in her novels, which star teen characters and are full of twists and turns that are as unexpected as they are entertaining. Her former young adult novels feature spilled secrets in…

Aurora DominguezMay 17, 2023

Fiction Recommended Romance Young Adult

Slip Through Time to Find True Love in New YA Historical Romance

Quinn Jamison’s debut novel, The Art of Time, is a whirlwind adventure of heartbreaking romance that will leave readers begging for more. It began with a beautiful, green-eyed painting and an ominous warning. “Time does not confine you,” the old woman said. “Enjoy your journey while it lasts.” Tragic Love…

Katie BloomerApril 28, 2023

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Young Adult Author and Former Educator Describes Her Gripping Tale of Two Lifetimes

How much does Nick have in common with Cat, his strange new classmate? A surprising amount, as it turns out. They’re both juniors at Laketon High School, they’re in the same history class and they both know each other from a past life. In her Young Adult novel Cat-strophic (Wild Rose Press), Sue…

BookTribApril 17, 2023

Fiction Recommended Young Adult

From the Firing Line to the Football Pitch: A High Schooler’s Past Life Comes Back to Haunt Him

Yet Nick keeps dreaming about the war in France. He dreams of Nazis coming for his school and the nearby Roma camp. And he keeps dreaming of a girl named Chaton. These strange, vivid hallucinations are affecting his day-to-day life — his grades, his football performance, his relationship. It doesn’t…

BookTribApril 7, 2023

Fiction Recommended 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

Mike McCoy

Mike McCoy is a novelist. His debut novel ASTEROIDS–Bridge to Nowhere, received high praise from critics and was selected as a semifinalist for the 2020 Publishers Weekly Booklife Prize with a rating of 9.5 out of 10. Because of the research Mike conducted for the novel, he has been a…

Wyatt SemenukJanuary 19, 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

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured Fiction Recommended

Unlikely Friends Fight to Protect Their Home in Fairy Adventure

“Home…. How can one little word have so many meanings?” For Mirror, a 5-inch-tall, frightfully fierce and loyal young fairy, home begins with showing up in Somewhere, a fairy community said to be hidden in the natural beauty and grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Mirror never speaks of her past,…

BookTribDecember 16, 2022

Bestselling Author Jesse Q. Sutanto Talks Diversity, Genre-Hopping and Her Upcoming Adaptation

5 Mysteries with an Environmental Twist That Will Engage and Educate Young Readers

Slip Through Time to Find True Love in New YA Historical Romance

Young Adult Author and Former Educator Describes Her Gripping Tale of Two Lifetimes

From the Firing Line to the Football Pitch: A High Schooler’s Past Life Comes Back to Haunt Him

Danger Lurks in the Shadows of New YA Fantasy Adventure Series

Mike McCoy

Unlikely Friends Fight to Protect Their Home in Fairy Adventure

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