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Summer Reading Books for ALL Your Kids

Devon Corneal | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Picture Books, YA Books, Devon Corneal, Summer Reading 2012, Children's Books, Books, Books for Girls, Books for Boys, Summer Reading, Vacation Reading, Summer Reading List, Young Adult Books, Parents News

Here's to a summer without whining -- unless your kids are asking for another trip the library or bookstore to stock up.

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Should YA Books Be Given Movie-Style Ratings?

Andrew Losowsky | Posted 05.22.2012

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Should Young Adult books be given movie-style ratings? Yes, according to an academic study. The history of ratings in other media suggests otherwise

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Are YA Book Covers Racist?

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Racist Book Cover, Ya Racist, Race and Book Covers, Video, Ya Racism, YA Books, Minorities and Ya, Design of Young Adult Books, Race and Ya, Slideexpand, Books News

Kate Hart is a Young Adult (YA) writer with a complaint about her own genre. More specifically, she has a problem with the design of the covers of YA ...

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YA Books Adults Will Love

Leah Konen | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Book Recommendations, Book News, Young Adult Readers, YA Books, Book Suggestions, Adult Books, Young Adult, YA Reading, Young Adult Books, Young Adult Reading, Books News

Author Joel Stein argues that adults should read books written for adults, and stay away from any book marketed to children and teens, while Lev Grossman offers a defense of the genre, praising its rich storytelling, descriptive clarity and more. Our take: Why not read for yourself and decide?

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Loved The Hunger Games? Other Great YA Books That Adults Should Be Reading

Julie Gerstenblatt | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Suzanne Collins, Young Adult Books, Dystopia, Books, The Hunger Games, Fantasy, Ya Novels, YA Books, Ya Book Suggestions, Young Adult Book Suggestions, Young Adult Novels, Young Adult Novel Reviews, Young Adult Novel Suggestions, Books News

For me, reading YA is like having a candy bar in the middle of my lifelong diet. Here are my top picks for grown-ups who sometimes wish they could recapture their teen years or who just like reading about adolescence.

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13 Judy Blume Novels Coming Soon As eBooks

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, YA Books, Judy Blume Ebooks, Judy Blume, Young Adult Books, Blubber, Deenie, Ebooks, Judy Blume Books, Books News

NEW YORK -- A big batch of Judy Blume books are coming to the digital market. Random House Children's Books announced Wednesday that 13 stories by th...

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Best-Selling YA Novelist John Green Talks The Fault in Our Stars

Mark Bazer | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Young Adult Books, The Fault in Our Stars, YA Books, Looking for Alaska, John Green, Video, Books News

When it comes to vampire-free YA novels, there's no one bigger than John Green. His new book, The Fault in Our Stars, shot up to No. 1 on Amazon the day it went up for pre-order.

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Top 15 Best YA-Books-Turned-Movies

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Golden Compass, Movie Trailers, Teen Fiction, YA Books, Chronicles of Narnia, Willy Wonka, Selena Gomez, Fun Stuff, Harry Potter, Breaking Dawn, Hugo, The Hunger Games, The Secret Garden, I Am Number Four, High School News

We feel like there's been a YA fiction renaissance, lately, with so many kick-ass titles being released and totally dominating the book charts for tee...

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7 People Writing A Novel In A Month

Madeleine Crum | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: The Night Circus, Nanowrimo, Creative Writing, National Novel Writing Month, YA Books, Writing Tips, Books News

Yesterday marked the launch of this year's National Novel Writing Month, a community-driven movement using forums and in-person meet-ups to help autho...

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Top 10 Young Adult Books Of 2011

| Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Divergent, Ya Novels, Figment, Fiction for Teens, Ya Fiction, High School News, YA Books, Maggie Stiefvater, High School News

In honor of Teen Read Week, our friends at Figment.com have shared their favorite 10 YA books of 2011. From a story of star-crossed young lovers reuni...

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How to Get Your Children's Book Published

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: YA Books, Children's Publishing, Pitchapalooza, David Henry Sterry, Author, Self-Publishing, E-Books, Writer, Young Adult Books, Publishing, Picture Books, Board Books Writing, Kids Books, How to Get Published, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, Andrea Brown or He Agency, Books News

A staggering number of adults want to write books for kids. So we thought we'd get the inside skinny from one of our favorite children's book resources, Jennifer Laughram.

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How To Save Girls' Fiction

The Guardian | Melissa McClements | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlene Phillips, YA Books, Young Adults, Ya Fiction, Young Adult Books, Samba Spectacular, Young Adult, Books News

The current glut of dance fiction for girls depresses me. Even the busting of the odd street move here and there (points to Phillips for at least movi...

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Mostly Good Girls: A Look Behind Prep-School Perfection

Rebecca Serle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Prep School, Parenting, Perfectionism, Book Review, Success, YA Books, Books, Young Adult Books, Perfection, Healthy Living News

The author of "Mostly Good Girls," Leila Sales hits at the heart of what it means to strive, and the ways in which we all struggle to meet our own definitions of success.

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Young Adult Novels Called 'Soft Porn'

Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Speak, Porn Books, Banned Books, Poll, Laurie Halse Anderson, Christian Right, Twenty Boy Summer, Sarah Ockler, Ya Book Censorship, Soft Porn, Stlaughterhouse Five, Book List, YA Books, Missouri, Vonnegut, Censorship, Wesley Scroggins, Censored Book List, Books News

An associate professor attacked the reading list of a Missouri public school district this weekend, calling three books "soft pornography." The profes...

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Why It's Okay For Adults To Love YA Books Just As Much As Teens

nytimes.com | PAMELA PAUL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay, Kids' Books, YA Books, Young Adult Books, Harry Potter, Books, HUnger Games, Children's Books, Books News

[B]ig type and short, plot-driven chapters aside, the erosion of age-determined book categories, initiated by Harry Potter, has been hastened along ...

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Vampire Series For Teen Boys?

McClatchy Newspapers | David Martindale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teen Books, Jason Henderson, Dracula, YA Books, Twilight, Alex Van Helsing, Books, Vampire Books, Books News

Jason Henderson got his first glimpse of Dracula on television more than three decades ago. He has been obsessed with vampires ever since. He's an a...

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Harlan Coben To Write Young Adult Series

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Penguin Young Readers, Young Adult Books, Harlan Coben, Children's Books, Books, Harlan Coben YA Books, YA Books, Kids' Books, Books News

Bestselling author Harlan Coben inked a three-book deal for a young adult series with the Penguin Young Readers Group, telling the story of a teenager...

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Summer Reading For Teens: The Hottest New Books For Kids' Summer Reading (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, Teen Books, Summer Reading, Video, YA Books, John Grisham, Summer Reading Teens, Books, Teenagers, Theodore Boone, Books News

Not sure what to do to get your teen reading this summer? "Good Morning America" has featured a group of the hottest new books to inspire teenagers to...

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Gay Teens Cheer As Young Adult Fiction With Gay Themes Takes Off

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Books for Gay Teens, Gay, Teen Fiction, YA Books, Gay Teens, Young Adult Books, Books, LGBT Books, Homosexuality, Gay Teenagers, Books News

At his Kentucky elementary school, kids taunted Brent on the playground about being gay, whatever that was. By eighth grade, he realized what they mea...

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YA Authors Tweet About 'Gimme A Call': What Would You Tell Your High School Self?

Sarah Mlynowski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lauren Myracle, Neil Gaiman, YA Books, Young Adult Novels, #Gimmeacall, Twitter, Books, Gimme a Call, Facebook, Young Adult Books, Books News

I wanted to do something unique to promote my new book. Something fun. Something free. I decided to ask fellow authors what they'd tell their younger selves and then tweet their responses.

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The New Vampires: 9 Possible Future Crazes In Teen Lit (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Werewolves, Anne Rice, Book Publishing, Children's Books, Fantasy Books, Books, YA Books, Vampires, Twilight, Teen Literature, Angels, Stephenie Meyer, Slidepollajax, Books News

Vampires are having a great run in books, especially teen literature, and publishers are looking not only for the next Stephenie Meyer and "Twilight,"...

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YA World: My Dinner Date With Lauren Oliver

Rebecca Serle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Before I Fall, Tyra Banks, YA Books, Young Adult Literature, Lauren Oliver, Hillary Duff, Books News

Last week I sat down with Lauren Oliver, bestselling author of Before I Fall, to get her take on the popularity of YA literature and its fascination with dystopian worlds and darkness.

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'Twilight' Gets Scholarly Treatment In Academic Vampire Lit Conference

The Guardian | Lucy Tobin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, YA Books, Vampires, Vampire Lit, Twilight Conference, Edward Cullen, British Vampires, Twilight, Books, Stephenie Meyer, Books News

"When I teach my students 18th-century and Renaissance literature, they sometimes struggle to connect to it. But they're always talking to me about Tw...

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Angels May Replace Vampires As New Trend In Teen Lit

The Guardian | Vanessa Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anne Rice, Teen Books, Vampires, YA Books, Twilight, Books, Teen Literature, Children's Books, Angels, Books News

"Angels are all around us," reads the publisher's blurb for Angel, the first of a British trilogy of books for teenagers. "Their beauty is intoxicatin...

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An Interview Between Two Obsessive Ghost Aficianados

Adele Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Picture the Dead, Writing, YA Books, Photography, Author Interviews, Books, Children's Books, Civil War, Ghost Stories, Video, Books News

Sometimes, in the 19th century, the only opportunity to take a photo of someone was after their death. So people would pose their loved ones post-mortem and photograph them.

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