We asked 17 of our favorite YA authors to help us navigate this year’s crop of brilliant YA books. Here are just a few of their personal must-reads…
Pack a release date much, publishing?? You can’t click in this post without hitting a major must-read title, from magic-filled fantasies to fun romances of fancy to serious, heart-stopping contemporaries, to works that blur genre lines. But there’s far too much to see here to waste space on me blathering, so let’s get to it!
YA Open Mic is a monthly series in which YA authors share personal stories on topics of their choice. The aim of the series is to peel away the formality of bios and offer authors a platform to talk about something readers won’t necessarily find on their websites. This month, eleven authors discuss everything from […]
Fifteen years ago, Carolyn Mackler’s Printz Award–winning The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was released, introducing readers to Virginia, a teen dealing with familial expectations, her best friend’s move, and being a fat girl in a world that wants to shame her for it. She works hard to fly under the radar…until her […]
Now this is how you bring in the summer! Hugely anticipated sequels to some of my favorite fantasies? Check. A number of make-you-melt romances, perfect for reading on the warm grass? Check. Brand-new voices sure to make a splash? Check. Underrepresented voices in seriously cool settings? Checkity check. We’ve got the perfect reading list for […]