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Kelly Jensen

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen.

25+ Fantasy Stories Set at Prep School

This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre. Revenge is a dish best served ...

3 On A YA Theme: Girls Who Run

This week’s theme — girls who run — opens itself to so many titles, and I could dig well into ...

3 on a YA Theme: Dystopian Nail Polish

When a YA novel becomes a movie, we often see the marketing come out in a variety of ways. There ...

THE MAZE RUNNER Trailer and Other Recent YA Trailer Releases

Here’s the new trailer for the adaptation of James Dashner’s The Maze Runner (September 19), which dropped today:   [youtube]https://youtu.be/AwwbhhjQ9Xk[/youtube]   It’s ...

3 on a YA Theme: Summer Camp

I’m kicking off a new weekly feature here for all things young adult. The series — 3 on a YA ...

Bob’s (Literary) Burger of the Day

It didn’t take long for me to devour all of the episodes of Bob’s Burgers that I could when I watched ...

Reading Pathways: Blake Nelson

I’ve been writing the Beyond the Bestsellers series here for a few months, and while I have a pile more ...

Libraries Are Not a “Netflix” for Books

If there’s one phrase I dislike more than the latest company touting itself as the “Netflix for books,” it’s when ...

2014 YA Fiction Preview, Part 2: 66 Titles For Your July – September Radar

Back in January, I put together a preview of 60 YA titles to be published in the first six months ...

In His Own Words: Walter Dean Myers

Last week, the kid lit community lost one of its giants when Walter Dean Myers passed away. Credited with writing over ...