Young Adult

FICTION Young Adult 

‘Someday We Will Fly’, by Rachel DeWoskin

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Judaica, Rachel DeWoskin, Shanghai, Someday We Will Fly

A Meaningful and Sadly-Relevant Story of the Jews Who Escaped to Shanghai During WWII

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Apocalypse Zhao

February 4, 2019February 3, 2019 Sharyn Vane 3 Comments Amélie Wen Zhao, Blood Heir, Ellen Oh, L.L. McKinney

Pulling ‘Blood Heir’ Before Publication Just Might be OK

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FICTION Young Adult 

Survivors’ Guilt 101

January 16, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Courtney Stevens, Four Three Two One

Teen Novel Explores the Aftermath of an Explosion

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FICTION Young Adult 

What’s Eating Those Small-Town Teens?

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

In ‘Sawkill Girls’, Terror is Hungry

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FICTION NON-FICTION Young Adult 

The Best Books Of 2018?

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Michael Giltz 1 Comment best books 2018, Elizabeth Acevedo, James Patterson, Linnea Hartsuyker, New York Times, The Poet X, The Sea Queen, There There, Tommy Orange

The New York Times (and Everyone Else) Is Lying to You. But Here Are A Few Titles We Liked Anyway.

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FICTION Young Adult 

Breakdancing Badass Muslim-American Girl In Love

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Very Large Expanse Of Sea, Tahereh Mafi

Not An Easy Thing To Be In 2002

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FICTION Young Adult 

The Secrets of The Book

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments The Reader, The Speaker, The Storyteller, Traci Chee

Traci Chee’s YA Fantasy Series Comes to an Exciting Close

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FICTION Young Adult 

Pride And Gentrification

November 19, 2018 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ibi Zoboi, Pride, Pride And Prejudice

Young Mr. Darcy Comes To Bushwick

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FICTION Young Adult 

When The Water Stops

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments

In ‘Dry’, A California In Crisis Seems Awfully Close To Reality

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FICTION Young Adult 

The Homosexual Agenda Comes To YA

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli, Dear Evan Hansen, gay YA, Judy Blume

Boys Meet Boys and Girls Meet Girls and No One Blinks

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Judy Blume: The Conscience of a Young Adult Nation

May 27, 2015July 30, 2018 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments Jennifer Weiner, Judy Blume, Mayor J. Christian Bollwage

Author of Blubber and Iggie’s House appears in New York and New Jersey

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