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
Tag: YA
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
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
Souvenirs from my Internet Travels: Fall Edition
I thought it was time to do another link round up. Part of this is pure self-promotion and vanity! (At least I can admit it, right?) I’ve been making appearances other places around the interwebs. Earlier this month, Nancy Pearl wrote a column in Publisher’s Weekly on my library and innovative ways we do reader’s… Continue reading Souvenirs from my Internet Travels: Fall Edition
wrapped up in books 