#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.

A Dude’s Guide to The Hunger Games

If you’ve been avoiding The Hunger Games novels — because they’re YA, because the protagonist is a teenage girl, because ...

The Hunger Games: Is the Book Better Than the Movie?

You can always spot a bookish person by the speed with which they say, “the book is better” when you ...

I Like Twilight. Deal With It.

People often assume that because I’m an avid reader, whose favorite authors include the likes of David McCullough, Elizabeth Gaskell, ...

I know it’s YA, but…

I’m sure you’ve spotted this phenomenon in the wild or, quite possibly, have even used it yourself. Let’s call it ...

Our Reading Lives: The Death of Regina Morrow

The death of Regina Morrow in Sweet Valley High #40 On the Edge influenced my life more than any other ...

Of Mermaids and YA Fiction

It has been suggested that “mermaids are the new vampire” when it comes to YA fiction on too many blogs ...

How I Learned to Stop Hoarding & Give Away Books

This is a guest post by Jodi Chromey. Jodi is a writer and blogger living in the Twin Cities area ...

Our Reading Lives: A Wrinkle In Time

When I was eleven I was a proto sci-fi/fantasy book nerd. I didn’t know from genre, but I knew I ...

Wheels, Degrassi, and Why Tough YA Books and Libraries Are So Important

Neil Hope died about five years ago. Neil Hope played Wheels on the original Degrassi Junior High and High series. ...

Vampires :: The New Prince Charmings

I know, I know… we’ve covered vampires. We’ve made fun of them, we’ve defended them, we’ve not given a crap ...