I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite authors speak at YALSA’s Young Adult Literature Symposium this past weekend. Scott Westerfeld, who is most famous for his popular Uglies series, has also written a fantastic series for young adults that blurs genres. It is at once steampunk, science fiction, historical, and speculative fiction.… Continue reading You Should Read Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
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Love and Clones: Beta by Rachel Cohn
I had Beta on my Kindle for weeks before I read it, but once I started, I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t realize it’s author was the same Rachel Cohn who brought us Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist and the like. This science fiction departure was one of the stand out dystopias I read… Continue reading Love and Clones: Beta by Rachel Cohn
A New Perspective on an Old Favorite: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
I’m a sucker for stories told from another character’s perspective, so I was intrigued by the idea of Tiger Lily. It more than exceeded my expectations. All you really need to know going into this is that it’s the story of the Indian Princess Peter Pan loved before Wendy ever came into the picture, told… Continue reading A New Perspective on an Old Favorite: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Gender for Dummies: A Review of How to Be a Woman and Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity
In my former academic life, I studied gender. While my degree was in first Political Science and International Studies, then more specifically Latin American studies, my personal research projects and the majority of my classes had a strong gender component, whether it was Gender and War or Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Masculinity. When it comes to… Continue reading Gender for Dummies: A Review of How to Be a Woman and Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity
Time + Matter: A Review of Crewel by Gennifer Albin
So, there are a lot of dystopian YA novels out there, and a whole new crop of them this fall. In fact, there were so many I had to update my If you liked The Hunger Games flowchart (and I still feel like I’m leaving some out). Despite the seemingly endless supply of novels about… Continue reading Time + Matter: A Review of Crewel by Gennifer Albin
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