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#Young Adult Literature

Looking for the best young adult books, new YA books for your pre-order list, or young adult fiction for yourself or to give to the teens in your life? We’ve got all the bases (and genres) covered.

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: May 29, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. _________________________ ...

WARNING: On YA, Ratings, and “Censorship”

The YA world is in an uproar over a recent study by BYU professor Sarah Coyne, featured in an article ...

Five Reasons: Code Name Verity and The Night Watch

You don’t need five reasons to read Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein or The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. You only ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: May 22, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. _________________________ ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: May 9, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see freshly out in paperback. ...

The Companion Novel: An Antidote to the Trilogy Trend

It has gotten to the point in YA literature where you’ll actually see someone mention, “This is a standalone.” It’s ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: May 1, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting popular titles that are freshly out in paperback. * ...

‘The Godfather’ by Ernest Hemingway and Other Dream Literary Remixes

Last week, Edd dreamed about Cormac McCarthy writing the next installment of the James Bond series. Then this week, Greg ...

5 Books to Watch For in May

There are a bunch of interesting titles being released this month. Here are five that bear special attention. Note: I ...

Knife of Never Letting Go Adaptation to be written by Charlie Kaufman

On Monday night, Patrick Ness, author of magnificent YA novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, tweeted this brilliant piece of ...