YA

Off The Record by Camryn Garrett. Image courtesy Penguin Random House

Author Camryn Garrett on Off the Record, #MeToo and the power of using your voice

Off the Record brilliantly shows the power of fighting through your fear

Interview: Author Joya Goffney discusses the fear of taking risks

Interview: Emery Lee wants to give queer readers what they deserve

Of Princes and Promises by Sandhya Menon. Image courtesy Simon & Schuster

21 exciting new YA book releases arriving in the summer of 2021

All Kinds of Other by James Sie

All Kinds of Other review: A coming out and coming of age story

Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee. Cover image courtesy of Entangled Publishing, MB Communication

Interview: Author Molly E. Lee talks Ember of Night

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee. Image courtesy Spark Point Studio

Meet Cute Diary is a sweet and fun champion for trans love stories

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard. Image courtesy HarperCollins

3 reasons Victoria Aveyard’s Realm Breaker is a must-read fantasy tale

Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson. Image courtesy Simon & Schuster

YA author Morgan Matson on Take Me Home Tonight and a modern day digital nightmare

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney. Image courtesy Spark Point Studio

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry is a sweet and moving YA romcom

Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee. Cover image courtesy of Entangled Publishing, MB Communication

Ember of Night review: YA fantasy at its best with several dark twists

Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield. Image courtesy St. Martin’s Publishing Group

Hurricane Summer is a beautiful and devastating coming of age story

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean. Image courtesy Flatiron Books

13 new YA releases that belong on your May reading list

Dustborn by Erin Bowman. Image courtesy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Erin Bowman’s Dustborn is a ruthless dystopian novel with plenty of heart

SHADOW AND BONE (L to R) BEN BARNES as THE DARKLING / GENERAL KIRIGAN and JESSIE MEI LI as ALINA STARKOV in SHADOW AND BONE Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2021

5 books to read if you loved Netflix’s Shadow and Bone

The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman. Image courtesy Simon & Schuster Publishing

The Infinity Courts has an intriguing premise but sadly underdeveloped characters

The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young. Image courtesy St. Martin's Press

Adrienne Young on her sequel Namesake and continuing the story of the Fable universe

Kisses and Croissants by Anne Sophie Jouhanneau. Image courtesy Sparkpoints Studio

Author Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau recommends 11 shows and movies to see the lights of Paris

Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli. Image courtesy HarperCollins

12 must-read YA book releases to spring into this April

Rows of childrens books, Friday, March 12, 2021, at Blue Marble Books in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.Goodnight Moon Room In Blue Marble Bookstore

Ramona Quimby author Beverly Cleary dies at age 104

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Image courtesy Macmillan Publishers

Firekeeper’s Daughter is a groundbreaking YA thriller with a fresh perspective

A Better Bad Idea by Laurie Devore. Image courtesy Macmillan Publishers

A Better Bad Idea: Sharply drawn characters in an overly convoluted narrative

Red Tigress by Amelie Wen Zhao. Image courtesy Penguin Random House

Amelie Wen Zhao on Red Tigress, Blood Heir and what it’s like to publish in a pandemic

Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare. Image courtesy Simon & Schuster Publishing

Chain of Iron is a twisty continuation of Cassandra Clare’s Last Hours series

Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed. Image courtesy Penguin Random House

Exclusive excerpt: Read the first chapter of feminist Great Gatsby reimagining Tell Me My Name

A Better Bad Idea by Laurie Devore. Image courtesy Macmillan Publishers

Exclusive: Read an excerpt from A Better Bad Idea by Laurie Devore

A Pho Love Story by Loan Le. Image courtesy Simon and Schuster

A Pho Love Story is filled with love, food, and family feuds