In the YA Diversity Book Club, we chat about the latest YA books that celebrate diversity. Sandie @ Teen Lit Rocks and I chat about our featured book and highlight the author with a Q&A . We took the summer off from book club, and our first fall pick is Randi Pink’s debut novel INTO WHITE. Lots to discuss with this one! Thanks so much […]
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Hard to believe it’s been six years since the release of Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares! One of my all-time favorite YA holiday reads. Now Rachel Cohn & David Levithan are back with more holiday cheer in The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily. Even though it’s closer to Halloween than Christmas I couldn’t […]
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In Karen Fortunati’s debut The Weight of Zero, Catherine is struggling with bipolar disorder and trying to win the war with Zero (her depression). She agrees to try a new intensive outpatient program, but meanwhile stockpiles pills for Zero’s inevitable return. But what if Zero doesn’t arrive as planned- can she dare hope for the future? […]
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In The Art of Holding On and Letting Go, homeschooler and competitive climber Cara’s life falls off balance when the unthinkable happens. Cara is left to pick up the pieces in unfamiliar territory when she moves in with her grandparents. Detroit is much different than her California mountain cabin home, plus she has to adjust […]
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In The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker, Luke moves from the city to the country to live with his Baptist pastor father. He is soon labeled a troublemaker and earns the disdain of the town golden boy Grant Parker. But when Grant gets injured, Luke goes from zero to hero, and the bullied becomes the […]
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In The Possibility of Somewhere, high school rivals Eden and Ash both want to be at the top of the class. Eden can’t wait to escape to a top university, and Ash has something to prove to his parents. When their rivalry turns to romance things get complicated. This contemporary romance takes on issues of […]
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