Jessica Brody, author of Boys of Summer and Unremembered, brings YA audiences a novel about rekindled love, unconventional family situations, and a classic romantic road trip. Telling the story of a young girl who is set on taking back control of her life with the help of an unlikely companion, Brody speaks to the pain of loss, the uncertainty of…
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What If It’s Us: The Fall YA Release You Cannot Miss
Does love just happen, or are certain loves just meant to be? Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera’s new YA novel, What If It’s Us, follows the love that sparks between two teens boys who meet at the post office, a seemingly random event. What If It’s Us celebrates the spontaneity of young love, the courage it takes to be yourself,…
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The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig: Painful Breakups and Untimely Hamster Deaths
“During our relationships, those periods of calm and joy between the inevitable periods of disaster and doom that followed, things were awesome. At least at the beginning.” —Don Zolidis Craig and Amy are on one moment and off the next, a rollercoaster of teen angst. In The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig, Don Zolidis tells an equally heartbreaking and humorous…
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Author Nancy Richardson Fischer: The Words That Shape Us
Two truths and a lie… When I was seven, a man said I would eventually go crazy. My mom used to tell me: I love you, but right now I don’t like you. A teacher told me that I’m smart but intellectually lazy. Figured out the lie yet? It’s impossible to know without knowing me, right? That’s the thing about…
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‘To Be Honest’ Review: Body Positivity, Mother-Daughter Relationships, and High School Drama
Savannah’s life has slowly changed into one she doesn’t even recognize, one with her sister going off to college and her mother losing weight and starring on the television show Shake the Weight. To Be Honest is a romantic, complicated, and important story that captures the angst of teen life, the complications of family life, and the wonder of first…
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Baby Teeth: The Next ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
What if you woke up one morning and realized you gave birth to a monster? Zoje Stage questions the fundamentals of parenting and mother-daughter relationships in Baby Teeth, a horrifying and addictive story about a mother’s journey to understand her seemingly sinister daughter. With constant twists and an intriguing perspective from both Suzette and her daughter, Hannah, Stage delivers a…
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The Brink of Darkness: A Dark, Thrilling Return to the Lowlands
Zoe and X are divided by two worlds: Earth and the Lowlands. Faced with even more intensity and life-altering events, The Brink of Darkness follows The Edge of Everything, giving YA readers of all ages another thrilling, gritty, and romantic read. Zoe is left in shambles after the disturbing deaths of her neighbors, the unsettling revelations about her father, and the…
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The Cheerleaders: Evil Girls, Grisly Murders, and a Hunt for a Killer
“You can’t believe everything you hear… Girls are always whittling little weapons to stab each other with.” – Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders Monica’s life came to a devastating halt when both her sister and the rest of the cheerleading squad died in horrific ways: a car crash and a suicide. While the rest of Monica’s community are blind to the coincidences…
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Leah on the Offbeat: A Fun, Hilarious Simon Sequel
In 2015, readers fell in love with Becky Albertalli’s Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which explored and celebrated LGBTQ teens. And with the recently released film adaptation of the book, Love, Simon, YA readers of all ages are certain to be pleased with Albertalli’s sequel, Leah on the Offbeat, which goes in depth into the life of Simon’s best…
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I Felt a Funeral In My Brain
Will Walton, author of Anything Could Happen, returns with his second YA novel, I Felt a Funeral In My Brain. While seemingly different from his previous release, his latest novel grapples the difficulty of being a teenager, the awkward nature of awakening sexuality, and the struggle of enduring parental neglect and alcoholism. With a more serious tone, Walton returns with a poetic…
