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BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. Great news! You can watch our author interviews anytime you like with BookTrib on Demand!…

BookTribJuly 10, 2020

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12 Hours to Fall in Love in Face of Cultural Obstacles

“The Sun is Also a Star” is a movie based on the 2016 best-selling young adult novel of the same name (Delacorte Press) by Nicola Yoon. In spite of its YA listing, the book found fans of all ages. What’s not timeless about romance? Romeo and Juliet were only teenagers,…

Joanna PoncavageMay 15, 2019

BooksToScreen Miscellany Pop Culture Young Adult

“Five Feet Apart” Author Discusses Newly Released Film

Five Feet Apart (Simon and Schuster) is a moving YA novel that captures the hearts of readers through its fragile tale of young love while giving much-needed attention to a debilitating lung disease--Cystic Fibrosis. While there is no permanent cure for the disease at this time, there are a variety…

Rebecca ProulxMarch 11, 2019

Giveaways Young Adult

Time Travel and Romance Collide in Alexandra Bracken’s ‘Passenger’ Series

Bracken Ever since I read Caroline B. Cooney’s Both Sides of Time as a preteen, I’ve been hooked on time travel stories. Over the years, I’ve devoured any time travel book that I can, especially ones involving romances that exist out of space and time. And there have been a…

Rachel CarterJanuary 5, 2017

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Sometimes, “Far Less” Is Much More in Searingly Honest Coming Of Age Novel

There’s something magical about observing the beauty of nature from the vantage point of a large redwood tree high above a California forest, looking down at the tranquility and the possibilities the world has to offer. There’s something more poignant when the person on that perch is the homeless 17-year-old…

Jim AlkonNovember 19, 2021

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Tale of Teenage Self-Discovery Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Struggle

I remember high school as an extreme time. One day you’re outrageously happy and everything is right in the world; the next day, you’re immensely sad and nothing you attempt goes right. (This is not unlike being a writer, but I digress). I can’t imagine what that journey is like…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 22, 2022

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Teen Warrior Fights to Save Her Family in This Interplanetary Fantasy

AN UNLIKELY CREW AND AN IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE In Jo Allen Ash's The Shadows We Make (Potter Street Books), glimmers of hope are certainly far and few, yet certainly a hidden superpower for Grace Irese, the brave and rebellious teenage warrior of the Irese Tribe. From start to end, Grace is…

Daniela RamrasSeptember 30, 2022

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2022 Horn Book Awards: Notable Titles in Children’s Literature

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have celebrated excellence in children’s books, middle grade and young adult novels since 1967. This year marks the Boston Globe’s 150th anniversary and another year of partnering with Horn Book. Awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges appointed by the Horn Book…

BookTribJune 30, 2022

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Emma Beazley Tells Us Her Writing Secrets

Emma Beazley is only 15 years old and is already the author of a young adult book grappling with grief, sacrifice and emotional trapdoors called Secrets of the Building. Who wouldn’t want to sit down with her and have an in-depth discussion about life? Reading her book is one way…

Judy MorenoOctober 18, 2021

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Ben Levin on Turning His Writing Talent Into a Mission for Helping the Homeless

This poignant story, In the Hole (Jumpmaster Press), is about eight-year-old David Kimball who experiences homelessness after his father loses his restaurant. David undergoes every kind of trial, from having his toys sold to dealing with incredible humiliations to physical trauma stemming from inevitable malnourishment. Yet, somehow, the book carries…

BookTribJuly 26, 2021

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Des Birch Shares How He Shape-Shifted and Shaped a Narrative

Beyond Dark Waters is a special book. For one thing, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever read before. Yes, we can almost guarantee that. It’s about a nine-year-old boy who can transform into other species, and while he does, he realizes all sorts of things about himself and the vast and…

BookTribMay 31, 2021

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Liz Alterman Unveils a Mysterious and Riveting YA Novel

Picking someone up from the airport is always a drag, but sometimes it’s downright dangerous. He’ll Be Waiting (Willow River Press) by Liz Alterman tells of a spunky teenager who does a favor for her significant other by retrieving his traveling friend. Next thing she knows, she knows nothing; she’s…

BookTribJuly 6, 2021

Author Spotlight Thrillers Young Adult

ITW Spotlight: Tom Ryan Talks True Crime and the Power of Empathy

After publishing a string of well-received young adult and middle-grade contemporaries, Canadian author Tom Ryan made a splash last year with his debut thriller, Keep This to Yourself. Ryan’s novel about a gay teen who sets out to uncover the identity of a serial killer who terrorized his hometown and then…

April SnellingsOctober 14, 2020

Author Discovery Zone

W. J. Humphrey

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/w.-j.-humphrey.jpg W. J. Humphrey Western, Young Adult Action-packed westerns for the young adult market, latest about a 13-year-old settling into life on his grandfather’s ranch and the challenges that follow. BOOKS: A New Land; A New Life (2017) Trouble on All Sides (2018) Biggest literary influencers: Louis L’Amour and William W.…

BookTribAugust 15, 2019

Author Discovery Zone

Liana Gardner

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Liana-Gardner.jpg Liana Gardner Young Adult Daughter of a rocket scientist and an artist, combines the traits of both into a quirky yet pragmatic writer, and in everything she sees the story lurking beneath the surface. BOOKS: 7th Grade Revolution (2017) The Journal of Angela Ashby (2018) Speak No Evil (2019)…

BookTribFebruary 26, 2019

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6 Autistic Authors You Should Be Reading

April is Autism Acceptance Month, and though I wish it went without saying, the first voices anyone should seek out when learning about autistic folks, or any marginalized group for that matter, are voices that come from within that very community. If you're unsure how to support someone, ask them!…

Chelsea CicconeApril 8, 2022

BookTrib on Demand, July’s Celebrity Reads and Mary Trump’s Shocking Book on Donald

12 Hours to Fall in Love in Face of Cultural Obstacles

“Five Feet Apart” Author Discusses Newly Released Film

Time Travel and Romance Collide in Alexandra Bracken’s ‘Passenger’ Series

Sometimes, “Far Less” Is Much More in Searingly Honest Coming Of Age Novel

Tale of Teenage Self-Discovery Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Struggle

Teen Warrior Fights to Save Her Family in This Interplanetary Fantasy

2022 Horn Book Awards: Notable Titles in Children’s Literature

Emma Beazley Tells Us Her Writing Secrets

Ben Levin on Turning His Writing Talent Into a Mission for Helping the Homeless

Des Birch Shares How He Shape-Shifted and Shaped a Narrative

Liz Alterman Unveils a Mysterious and Riveting YA Novel

ITW Spotlight: Tom Ryan Talks True Crime and the Power of Empathy

W. J. Humphrey

Liana Gardner

6 Autistic Authors You Should Be Reading

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