Happy Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month! Racial diversity is still a growing need in YA lit, but this year is seeing a nice amount of growth, finally, in YAs featuring main characters of Asian descent, from all over the continent and in a wide variety of genres. We had some great ones last year (highlights include Tell […]
Summer isn’t just about Choco Tacos and weird tanlines, it’s about racing through summer releases like it’s your job, and business is good. Here are 40 June through August YA books I can’t wait to get my hands on, or have already inhaled like so many Choco Tacos. Get them out of this internet list and […]
Even people who have fans can be fans, and below, 8 young adult authors talk about the time their love for a writer, an actor, or a boy-band hottie boiled over into the writing of a fan letter. Prepare for adorable:
Today in “posts structured to screw with your head a little bit,” I may be the “author” of this one, but since I’m also the author of a book releasing this week—a contemporary Hollywood YA called Under the Lights—I asked a different author to take the reins of this interview. And who better to ask than […]
This week’s most exciting new releases include a sexy Hollywood story, reinvention at the beach, a life that only looks perfect from the outside, and an awesomely haunted Brooklyn-set thriller. Here are the books we’re getting melted Pop-Ice on right now.
