I’ve seen a few conversations going on this week about the frequency and way in which race is portrayed in young adult literature. I think it’s great that this discussion is taking place. The first is part of a larger topic that effects the literature community: the adoption of Common Core standards. Now that much… Continue reading Conversations about Race in YA literature
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Comic Books & Mix Tapes: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Anytime I walk into the library and find a stack of shiny new ARCs on my desk, I am happy. Even if they don’t appeal to me personally, I get a kick out of thumbing through them and getting a taste for what’s coming out in the upcoming months. We often share them with the… Continue reading Comic Books & Mix Tapes: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone: Young Adult Fiction and Manhood
When I got back from the gym yesterday, Twitter was all aflutter with commentary on an article about masculinity in young adult literature written by a teacher who worries she has no good YA to give her son that will help guide him to his “manhood.” There was so much discussion, I actually couldn’t find… Continue reading Where Have All the Cowboys Gone: Young Adult Fiction and Manhood
Letters with Secrets: Personal Effects by E. M. Kokie
Personal Effects took me a while read, not because I wasn’t interested, but because I was basically sobbing the whole way through it. I was crying in a good way, but perhaps not a socially acceptable one. This book gets you in your heart with its very simple and real story. Ever since his brother,… Continue reading Letters with Secrets: Personal Effects by E. M. Kokie
You Should Read Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
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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