Spooky or Jokey? 10 Favorite YA Fantasies
My teen daughters and I are all voracious readers of fantasy, and we found ourselves discussing our favorite titles in terms of which camp they'd fall into. Here's the list we made.
My teen daughters and I are all voracious readers of fantasy, and we found ourselves discussing our favorite titles in terms of which camp they'd fall into. Here's the list we made.
Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.06.2012
The number of dystopian-themed books is at its highest since the 1960s. What Young Adult dystopians are you looking forward to reading this year?
Tim King | Posted 05.23.2012
By focusing on action at the expense of introspection, The Hunger Games misses an opportunity to teach a real lesson about cyclical violence, the role we all play in perpetuating it, and our responsibility to make the right decisions.
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.14.2012
NEW YORK — Million-selling young adult author Cassandra Clare has signed up for a new fantasy series. Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint o...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.03.2011
Every Wednesday is Tip Day, or List Day. This Wednesday: Some reading suggestions in children's and young-adult literature. I've written many tim...
Ru Freeman | Posted 08.21.2011
As the parent of three avid readers, I agree with Meghan Cox Gurdon's point that what is considered "banning" in the book trade is known in the parenting world as doing our job.
Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 11.17.2011
These books that deal with anorexia, cyber-bullying, self-mutilation, alcoholic parents, and vampiric sex strike a nerve with teenagers because of the intense developmental and social changes they're experiencing.
Monica Edinger | Posted 05.25.2011
Dolls. These real-life avatars can charm, creep, and fascinate. Perhaps no more so than Barbie. Born in the 60s, reviled by many in the 70s, this to...
Rebecca Serle | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
The Los Angeles Times | Susan Carpenter | Posted 05.25.2011
Thanks to huge crossover hits like Stephenie Meyer's bloodsucking "Twilight" saga, Suzanne Collins' fight-to-the-death "The Hunger Games" trilogy, Ric...
The Huffington Post | Dean Pitchford | Posted 05.25.2011
For over twenty-five years I have worked at creating the most compressed form of popular art -- the three-minute pop song. Recording artists, publish...
Nick Antosca | Posted 05.25.2011
Sleator was one of the very few "YA" authors I loved when I was young. Earlier this year, I read a bunch of them out of curiosity, and realized that they're really ingenious, elegantly constructed novellas.
Carole Baron | Posted 05.25.2011
Why are books that makes girls feel less alone, that have role models who think and ask questions, are the very books the censors turn to first? Have things changed that much in the last fifty years?
Cicily Janus | Posted 05.25.2011
In artist communities around our country, it is imperative that we support each other and gather the support of others outside the community, especially in times of trouble.
David Kudler | Posted 05.15.2012