YAing News: Week of Nov. 23
November 23, 2020
As lockdowns are starting again we wanted to make sure we can provide you with lots of great indoor activities. … More YAing News: Week of Nov. 23
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5 Questions for Vikki VanSickle
November 2, 2020
Vikki VanSickle is the award-winning author of many children’s books, including the 2018 Red Maple Award winning YA novel The Winnowing and, most recently, the picture book Teddy Bear of the Year. … More 5 Questions for Vikki VanSickle
Spin by Lamar Giles
October 6, 2020
Review by Jennifer Irvine.
In this mystery, IT nerd Kya Caine and social media expert Fuse Fallon are bitter rivals for Paris Secord, famously known as DJ ParSec’s, attention. Then, 16-year-old ParSec is found lying dead on her turntable and Kya and Fuse happen to both be at the murder scene.
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Gold Rush Girl by Avi
September 22, 2020
Review by Micah Killjoy
Oh, to be a thirteen-year-old saving my brother from child traffickers on a foggy San Francisco day in 1849. Thanks to the novel Gold Rush Girl, I got to imagine living just such a life. … More Gold Rush Girl by Avi
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
March 10, 2020
Review by Jennifer Irvine
It’s Brooklyn in the late nineties, when rap music can be heard reverberating out of ghetto blasters everywhere. Singer Lauryn Hill reigns supreme, and Jay-Z and Mariah Carey are just getting started on their monster careers. … More Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster by Cary Fagan
September 24, 2019
Review by Shanleigh Klassen
Life has not been easy for Hartley Staples as of late. It could be in part because his teacher has just assigned the last project of middle school and he has absolutely no clue what to present on. … More The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster by Cary Fagan
Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher
July 23, 2019
Review by Jennifer Irvine
The timeless tale of teenage rivalry, jealousy, and social hierarchy—all delivered with a cruelty that only teens can spoon out—keeps this narrative feisty. Author Ian Doescher morphs the iconic movie Mean Girls into a Shakespearean play, complete with five acts, numerous scenes, and stage directions. … More Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher
Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
June 11, 2019
Review by Lauren Maguire
Space battles, sword fights, heroes, villains, epic quests, evil corporations, and magical fireworks: Once and Future has them all. Unknown to her, teenage Ari Helix is the forty-second reincarnation of King Arthur and, after finding Excalibur on the ruins of Old Earth, she is sought out by a backward-aging, teenage Merlin whose mission is to prepare her for the dangers to come. … More Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
May 14, 2019
Review by Shanleigh Klassen
Ugliness is a sin not easily forgiven. At least that’s Isabelle’s experience as the suffering protagonist of Jennifer Donnelly’s latest novel. Stepsister picks up right at the climatic end of the Grimm’s Cinderella, in which Isabelle’s mother persuades her daughter to mutilate herself to fit the glass slipper. … More Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Launch Announcement
March 13, 2019
It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the launch of Young Adulting, an online magazine that celebrates, engages with, and reviews contemporary literature for young adults (YA), middle-grade (MG) and new adults (NA). … More Launch Announcement
