Go to Boarding School with Alyssa Sheinmel and R.I.P. Eliza Hart and 5 Other Must Reads!
Full disclosure: unlike the characters in my new book, R.I.P. Eliza Hart, I did not attend boarding school. Still, I’ve…
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5 YA Books That Will Give You Major Wanderlust
Summer’s officially over and with it, all of our best-laid vacation plans. Now that school’s in session, the only traveling…
5 YA Books That Will Revive Your Faith in the Human Spirit
Sometimes escapism is a crucial form of self-care, and there are few greater escapes than into the world of a…
6 Things You Can Do With Books that You Can’t Do With Your Besties
We all love our best friends. They’re our shoulders to cry on, they’re our partners in crime, they’re our study…
Books that Feel as Good as Curling Up with Pumpkin Pie on Thanksgiving Day
If you ask me, Thanksgiving is all about comfort: from the apple pie to the parade to the family time…
6 YA Books That Deal with Serious Issues Through Serious Magic
I’ve been having the same argument with a friend of mine for years now. He dislikes reading books or watching…
5 Reasons to Reread the Harry Potter Series
Last year, I spent the last two weeks of July rereading all seven Harry Potter books, and I don’t care…
Find Your Perfect BFF Among the Heroines of Classic YA
How many times have you been reading (or rereading. And then rereading again) a book and thought I could totally…
On Bringing the Baby-Sitters’ Club Up to Date
I have a confession to make: I love, love, love The Baby-Sitter’s Club books. And not in the same way…
Escape From Thanksgiving with 5 Immersive YA Reads
The holidays are great—and so is the family time that comes with them—but once in a while we need to…
5 Reasons to Read (or Reread) Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun
You haven’t read I’ll Give You the Sun yet?! Allow me to give you some friendly advice: you should definitely…
6 YA Books that Explore Unconventional Family Ties
A lot of young adult books deal with families—with the relationships between sisters and brothers and parents and their children.…
5 Reasons We Can’t Wait to Read Rainbow Rowell’s Simon Snow Novel, Carry On
It’s September, a month that means a lot of things to a lot of people. Back to school. End of…