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Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs on Their New Books, the Miss Peregrine Movie, and Life with a Writer

YA power couple and all around writerly badasses Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs are celebrating two milestones this year: the hotly awaited film adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, the first book in Riggs’ eerie, beloved Miss Peregrine trilogy, is hitting the big screen on September 30, and Riggs ...

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A Perfect Playlist For Brenna Yovanoff’s Places No One Knows

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A Perfect Playlist For Brenna Yovanoff’s Places No One Knows

Places No One Knows, by Brenna Yovanoff, is a propulsive, emotion-drenched love story for anyone who has ever felt unlovable. Waverly Camdenmar isn’t...

7 Graphic Novels to Read if You’re Chasing the Feels

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7 Graphic Novels to Read if You’re Chasing the Feels

And honestly, who isn’t? These 5 graphic novels have all the feels you need and then some. It’s about to get emotional. Through the Woods, by Emily...

BREAKING: J.K. Rowling Just Released a Patronus Experience on Pottermore!

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BREAKING: J.K. Rowling Just Released a Patronus Experience on Pottermore!

No offense to other books, but it seems unlikely there will ever be a literary phenomenon quite as wonderfully expansive as the Harry Potter franchise. The...

6 Amazing YA Books That Take Place in Slanted Realities

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6 Amazing YA Books That Take Place in Slanted Realities

I’m addicted to contemporary YAs in which 90% of the world is normal but 10% of it is skewed. There you are, reading about a group of engaging,...

Vassa in the Night Author Sarah Porter on Transforming Russian Folklore into a Modern Fairy Tale

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Vassa in the Night Author Sarah Porter on Transforming Russian Folklore into a Modern Fairy Tale

Sarah Porter’s wonderful new Russian-inspired fantasy novel, Vassa in the Night, is set in a glittering-dark Brooklyn ruled by supernaturally long...

New Releases: Fiery Magic, DIY Families, and Long Nights in the Kingdom of Brooklyn

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New Releases: Fiery Magic, DIY Families, and Long Nights in the Kingdom of Brooklyn

Vassa in the Night, by Sarah Porter This wonderfully weird YA is a dark tangle of urban angst, Russian folklore, and Porter’s own rich invention....

Kick off Bisexual Awareness Week with 12 2016 YA Books

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Kick off Bisexual Awareness Week with 12 2016 YA Books

Today kicks off Bisexual Awareness Week, the week when all unicorns suddenly become visible and pink, purple, and blue flags wave majestically o’er...

Going Geek’s Skylar, and 6 More YA Characters Having a Worse Back to School Season Than You

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Going Geek’s Skylar, and 6 More YA Characters Having a Worse Back to School Season Than You

Charlotte Huang’s second book, Going Geek, whisks readers away to an exclusive, preppy boarding school on the East Coast, where Skylar Hoffman is eagerly...

Megan McCafferty on Jessica Darling’s Digital Film Debut

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Megan McCafferty on Jessica Darling’s Digital Film Debut

Young adult novels have been attracting Hollywood’s attention since before the category existed (The Outsiders, anyone?), and in recent years, many of...

5 of the Best Opening Scenes in YA Lit

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5 of the Best Opening Scenes in YA Lit

Opening scenes are some of the trickiest to pull off, not least because they’re expected to do so much heavy lifting. They’re our first introduction to...

5 Great 2016 Boarding School YAs

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5 Great 2016 Boarding School YAs

What can I say? I am a total sucker for boarding school–set YAs, and I know I’m not alone. The good news is, 2016 is seeing some seriously great...

Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs on Their New Books, the Miss Peregrine Movie, and Life with a Writer

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Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs on Their New Books, the Miss Peregrine Movie, and Life with a Writer

YA power couple and all around writerly badasses Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs are celebrating two milestones this year: the hotly awaited film adaptation...