Libba Bray’s The Diviners takes readers to a thriving New York City in the 1920s, where there is as much glamour as there is darkness. An ensemble cast featuring Evie O’Neill, a socialite with a secret gift of divining histories from objects, and Memphis Campbell, whose healing touch made him the talk of Harlem, along […]
Remember the 1920s? Sure you do. People were dancing the Charleston and drinking giggle water in speakeasies. The Harlem Renaissance was just hitting its stride. Flappers were bobbing their hair and the economy was booming. You weren’t there, of course, but because of wholly atmospheric 1920s-set YA novels like these, you’ll feel as if you […]
Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and wonderful landscape of books that should be read by everybody, but each month we highlight the perspective of teens reading the best of the best books written for and about them. Check back monthly to see what they’re recommending […]
You know how when April 25th rolls around every year, people start yanking out that Miss Congeniality quote about “The Perfect Date”? Clearly Miss Rhode Island had no idea what was to come on October 3, 2017, because this about as glorious as a pub day gets. LGBTQIAP rep? Oh yes—all seven of those letters […]
Sequels need no introduction; devoted series fans have probably been drooling over these books since the moment they put down their predecessors. I know I have! So without further ado, check out which long-awaited sequels are coming up, or find a new series/trilogy/duology to start! (But spoilers for earlier books in the series abound, so […]