A Guide to Surviving High School in 7 YA Novels
Fiction teaches us lots of things we might never need to use: how to win the Hunger Games, how to react…
Teens
5 Classic Teen Series That Should Get the Graphic Novel Treatment
One of my favorite series growing up was Ann M. Martin’s Babysitters Club books, about a group of plucky young…
7 Fairy Tales That Seriously Need YA Retellings
One of my favorite things about YA fiction is its unabashed obsession with fairy tales. On the happiness scale, retellings fall…
5 Real Women Whose Lives Should Inspire YA Novels
You cannot make some stuff up, which is why historical fiction and YA are a match made in heaven. Marie Antoinette,…
Still Haven’t Read The Hunger Games? Here’s Why You Should Pick Up the Trilogy Now.
It’s hard to remember a time when Katniss Everdeen, the ruthless survivor from District 12, wasn’t part of the pop culture…
More of the Season’s Best Books for Teens On Your List
These teen page-turners will make readers cry, cringe, and feel glad they’re home safe on the couch, instead of out battling corporate…
Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park Will Break Your Heart (And Put It Back Together)
Sometimes a book comes along that make you SO EXCITED, you want to give a copy of it to everyone you know,…
The Most Romantic Books To Buy The Teen (And Grownup) YA Fans In Your Life
Teen romance is one of the hottest categories on the shelves—and has been, arguably, since the days of “Romeo and…
Explore Cassandra Clare’s Magically Gritty, Dangerously Romantic World
Do you like a little romance with your action? A touch of New York grit with your demon slaying? A little…
The Bane Chronicles, from Cassandra Clare
Sometimes we read fantasy for its intense themes and motifs: star-crossed love, scary battles, heroes and heroines making hard choices. Sometimes we…
This Season’s Best Fantasy and Adventure Books for Teens
Diving into the fantasy fiction genre is exhilarating—there are so many wizards, princesses, orphans, faeries, and dragons to spend time with. Whether your giftee…
There’s a James Patterson Book for Every Teen Reader
If you could stock a bookshelf only with the books of James Patterson, you would, first of all, have a…
This Season’s Best Survival Stories for Teens
Nothing gets a young reader’s heart hopping—and her hands flying through the pages—like a high-stakes story of survival. Whether set in…
For Teens, The Walled City: This Season’s Must-Read Survival Story
There are three rules to surviving in The Walled City: run fast, trust no one, and always carry your knife.…
Books for Teens Who Love Movies
If you’re shopping for fans of teen fiction and/or movies, rejoice. There’s been a bumper crop of great book-to-film adaptations this year, which…
John Green: This Season’s Must-Read Author
John Green got the world’s attention with The Fault in Our Stars, as new readers discovered what his fans already knew:…