This month’s most exciting teen reads range from the realistic (a gently funny tale of overcoming social anxiety, a story about a kidnapping’s aftermath) to the fantastical (a collection of genre-bending tales from consummate fantasy author Garth Nix, a time travel tale that starts with a magical photo booth). Here are 15 young adult reads […]
When you read a short story, you experience its author at her most undiluted. The constraints of the genre force writers to compress emotion and action. They’re also useful for people who like to read in brief bursts: a short story is the perfect way to while away a subway ride, for example. And this is a great […]
Sometimes, wisdom arises in the strangest of places, like a conversation between a witch and her cat. “Wickedness depends on where you’re standing, doesn’t it?” the cat tells her, not only making a salient point, but also summing up a central theme of Garth Nix’s new collection of short stories, To Hold the Bridge.