Fiction
A quirky best friend gets her time to shine in Albertalli's latest; zombies put a lively twist on familiar historical fiction tropes; Jackson's powerful novel addresses loneliness, abuse, and the importance of female friendships; and more in this month's YA Xpress.
Gr 4-7 –It’s 1940, the beginning of the Blitz, and 13-year-old Kenneth Sparks is selected to go to Canada as part of a program to send British children to the safety of the U.K.’s overseas dominions
Publisher’s description A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by the Eisner Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling Hope Larson. Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he’s off to soccer camp for a month, and he’s been acting […]
Gr 9 Up –Sadie seems to have it all: loving parents, a supportive boyfriend, and a best friend. But she’s only going through the motions.
Gr 9 Up –“You simply couldn’t out-jerk a jerk like me.” Clara Shin, the protagonist in Goo’s latest, delivers this line with pride.
Gr 9 Up –The past year has brought its share of woes for Mariam Sharma and her best friends, Ghaz and Umar. The remedy? A summer road trip.
Four refreshing new additions to the world of YA sports fiction, with complex female protagonists.
Messner discusses the real-life inspiration behind Breakout and how she collaborated to craft thoughtful, authentic characters.
You can’t really peg Vera Brosgol to one type of book; she has such a variety of titles on her resume. While Anya’s Ghost has been a staple in my library’s graphic novel collection for a few years, her newest full-length graphic novel doesn’t fall into the same genre. Rather, librarians, booksellers, and teachers might […]
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