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Fabulous Debuts, Dark Fantasies, and Haunting Tales | What’s Hot in YA
Annie Cardi and Dawn O'Porter's debut novels deal with tough stuff and Brenna Yovanoff and Cat Winters return with spooky works that are sure to give teens nightmares. From surreal fiction to pulled-from-the-headlines nonfiction, the following titles will hook young adults and have them asking for more.
SLJ Reviews and Interviews of 2014 National Book Award Longlist in the Young People’s Category
The National Book Foundation today announced the titles on the long list for the 2014 National Book Awards in the Young People's Category. Below are SLJ reviews, blog posts, and interviews with the authors of the these works for children and teens.
Margarita Engle Wins PEN Literary Award
Margarita Engle, the first Latino author to receive a Newbery Honor, was honored with the top prize in the 24th Annual PEN Literary Awards for The Lightning Dreamer.
Portrait of an Author: SLJ Chats with Jandy Nelson About 'I'll Give You the Sun'
Former literary agent Jandy Nelson's I'll Give You the Sun is told not only in alternating narratives but also in alternating time lines. SLJ caught up with the author to talk about her unique writing process, love of magical realism, and casting wishlist for the optioned film version.
Novels in Verse, Literary Street Lit, and High-Interest Nonfiction | What’s Hot in YA
Kekla Magoon’s How It Went Down about a black teen who is shot by a white man, is especially timely with recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and just the right title for young adults grappling with streaming headlines. And, a new book from the queen of verse novels, Ellen Hopkins, will entice fans of the format. The following fiction and nonfiction titles for teens will be perfect for late-summer reading and back-to-school shelf-browsing.
Sister, Sister: Sibling Drama in Young Adult Literature
Delving into everything from rivalries and heartbreaks to cold shoulders and warm embraces, three recent young adult novels each explore a facet of that bond among young women coming of age simultaneously, bound by blood, and, often, friendship.
Star YA Authors Reveal Inspirations and Challenges | SLJ SummerTeen 2014
On July 24, SLJ's SummerTeen virtual event, attended by nearly 800 conference goers, was chock full of popular and thought-provoking YA authors, such as keynoters Gayle Forman (If I Stay) and Matthew Quick (Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock), who reveal some of the more personal asides, challenges, and stories behind novel writing. It was Quick who said, "Good literature, he said, “[comforts] the disturbed and [disturbs] the comforted."
East Harlem Bookstore Launches Book Drive to Aid Unaccompanied Child Immigrants
A bookseller, a professor, and members of the El Barrio community in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood have launched a project to serve the needs of detained children from Mexico and Central America.
Art Heist Capers, Super-Powered Fantasies, and Creepy Horror Tales | What’s Hot in YA
With works by heavy hitters such as Scott Westerfeld, Gregory Maguire, Andrew Smith, Katherine Paterson, Jacqueline Woodson, and Maggie Stiefvater, this month’s column is chock-full of upcoming YA and nonfiction titles that will have teens adding to overflowing TBR piles.
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