Every once in a while when I need a break from reading YA (sacrilege, I know), I turn to an adult novel for escapism. The adult New York Times bestseller list has been filled with great writing lately, from Celeste Ng’s quiet suburban drama in Little Fires Everywhere to A. J. Finn’s thriller The Woman in the Window. Once […]
Teresa Toten’s new thriller, Beware that Girl, is set in two New Yorks: the rarefied sphere of an ultra-elite upper Manhattan prep school, and the gritty, colorful streets and squats of Chinatown. Kate O’Brian, an expert at self-reinvention, is on the run from a violent past. She has learned to lie to survive, managing to con her way all the way into […]
JT gets it: May is going to be a ridiculously great month for YA! The May release stack is so thrillingly extensive I had to take out accident insurance on my desk, but it’s aaaall worth it (if you get trapped by a falling book pile, just read your way out!). Read on for proud geekery, dark thrills, every kind of […]
B-Fest, Barnes & Noble’s first nationwide teen book festival, hits stores across the country June 10–12 and celebrates all things awesome in YA literature—the authors, the fandoms, and most of all the books. From lush fantasy to heartbreaking contemporary to books that’ll make you LOL, here’s a whole summer’s worth of great YA to read, […]