In the middle of the Great Depression, 14-year-old Melia suddenly finds herself without a mother, and in charge of not only her two younger siblings, but her mother’s old gas station as well. Without a legal guardian, Melia and her siblings will be split up in foster care and the station will go to the…
Stranger Than Fanfiction Giveaway
We’re thrilled to partner with Little, Brown to promote author-actor Chris Colfer’s latest book, Stranger than Fanfiction. Since the characters in Stranger than Fanfiction are die-hard fans of a hit teen sci-fi show called Wiz Kids, we’ve got some recommendations for you based on particular television fandoms. If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones,…
Why I Still Care About Diversity in YA
I originally wrote this at the beginning of the year when a friend asked a bunch of us to share an issue we were passionate about for a story. It turned out she only needed a paragraph. Here’s what I wrote. We’ve all got issues close to our hearts. One of mine continues to be…
Editor’s Pick: Everlife Series by Gena Showalter
You know that feeling you get when you start a new series, and you know it will be one you wish you could read again for the first time? Everlife by Gena Showalter will be a series like that for me. The world in this series is so richly drawn, I felt the struggles of…
Waiting on Wednesday: A Conjuring of Light
The third and final (!) installment of this story told in a universe of multiple London’s defined by their colors – Red London, White London, Grey London and Black London – “A Conjuring of Light” was officially released yesterday. We will finally catch up with Kell, Prince Rhy and Delilah Bard and watch as the…
Six Books I Liked More Than I Thought I Would
I’m doing this week’s Top Ten Tuesday based on books I’ve read in the past year; I couldn’t get past six, but here are my examples. Sometimes I read a book because my friends all hyped it, but I don’t really think I’m going to love it, and then I do — or at the…
Editor’s Pick: When We Collided by Emery Lord
Emery Lord’s WHEN WE COLLIDED, which won the 2017 Schneider Family Book Award for representation of disability, is excellently titled. Collision, in all its forms, is somehow inherently violent. It is something that is abrupt, disorienting, life-altering. It is a moment after which nothing is the same.”When we collided” is therefore a very apt description…
Classic Revamp: The Trials of Cinderella
BOOK: Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella by Megan Morrison WHICH CLASSIC: Cinderella Ella Coach has one wish: revolution. Her mother died working in a sweatshop, and Ella wants every laborer in the Blue Kingdom to receive fairer treatment. But to make that happen, she’ll need some high-level support . . . Prince Dash Charming has one wish:…
Edge of Everything Blog Tour: Jeff Giles Q&A
We are so excited to be the latest stop on the blog tour for “The Edge of Everything” by Jeff Giles. It was easy to say “YES!” when we were asked to participate, because as it turns out, Jeff is not only an impressive debut YA novelist, but he was once upon a time an…
Waiting on Wednesday: Alex Approximately
I barely had to finish the first sentence before I was in. The late 90’s film YOU’VE GOT MAIL, is a clever example of how important and deep falling in love with someone’s mind is. This book sounds romantic, fun, and above all uplifting. I am constantly on the lookout for new authors, and contemporary…