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Friday, July 3, 2020

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‘Parachutes’ and ‘We Are Not From Here’

June 29, 2020July 1, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Jenny Torres Sanchez, Kelly Yang, Parachutes, We Are Not From Here

Very different but equally essential stories about immigrant kids who yearn to come to America

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Juneteenth Book Fest Celebrates Black Authors

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Juneteenth, Juneteenth Book Fest, Kayla Ancrum, LL McKinney, Tochi Onyebuchi

Organizers put new festival together in three weeks

FICTION FILM Young Adult

‘Artemis Fowl’, Artless and Foul

June 13, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Artemis Fowl, Colin Farrell, Eoin Colfer, Ferdia Shaw, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Nonso Anozie

It needed help from the faeries

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“Now Is The Time”

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All American Boys, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds

In online conversation, authors of ‘All American Boys’ plead for white families to join the conversation on race

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‘The Ickabog’: a Surprise Serialized Kids’ Book from J.K. Rowling

May 26, 2020May 29, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

Harry Potter creator to donate all proceeds to COVID-19 charities

FICTION Young Adult

Young President Snow

May 20, 2020May 23, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Suzanne Collins, The Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes, The Hunger Games

‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ a prequel about the least-likable Hunger Games character

FICTION Young Adult

YA Romance for an Unromantic Time

May 6, 2020May 13, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments I.W. Gregorio, Jennifer Dugan, Marisa Kanter, This Is My Brain In Love, Verona Comics, What I Like About You

Three new books find hope in young love

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YALLSTAYHOME Festival Replaces White Moderator After Digital Outcry

April 28, 2020May 1, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Christina Soontornvat, George M. Johnson, Kelly Yang, Lauren Myracle, YALLSTAYHOME, YALLWEST

“Straight white boys are being erased too” is not the message people wanted to hear

FICTION Young Adult

Book-Banning is Still a Problem in Young-Adult Literature

April 22, 2020April 24, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Day In The Life Of Marlon Bundo, American Library Association, Beyond Magenta, Daniel Haack, I am Jazz, Jazz Jennings, Jessica Herthel, Most-challenged books, Prince and Knight, Sex is a Funny Word, Susan Kuklin

Same-sex and transgender content dominate the annual ALA roundup again

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Storytime With Dolly Parton

April 3, 2020April 2, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Bun B, Chris Evans, Dolly Parton, Eva Longoria, Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson

A strange new trend: celebrities reading aloud to children online

FICTION Young Adult

Young-Adult Authors Plug Way In

March 20, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Christina Soontornvat, Ellen Oh, Jarrett Krosoczka, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lemony Snicket, Matt de la Peña, Mo Willems

Online readings and virtual book tours galore

FICTION Young Adult

Five YA Fantasy Novels to Help Your Kids (and You) Escape Reality

March 17, 2020March 20, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments A Phoenix First Must Burn, Astrid Scholte, Elana K. Arnold, Marie Lu, Melissa de la Cruz, Patrice Caldwell, Red Hood, The Kingdom of Back, The Queen’s Assassin, The Vanishing Deep

But don’t forget to wash your hands

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Young Adult

The New Censorship

March 10, 2020March 13, 2020 Neal Pollack 3 Comments A Place for Wolves, Amélie Wen Zhao, American Dirt, Banned Books Week, Barnes and Noble, Blood Heir, Censorship, Hachette, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Kosoko Jackson, Milo Yiannopoulos, My Dark Vanessa, Ronan Farrow, Roxane Gay, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Woody Allen

Book bans are suddenly coming from inside the house

FICTION Young Adult

Into the ‘Deathless Divide’

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Deathless Divide, Dread Nation, Justina Ireland

In this sequel to ‘Dread Nation,’ biracial girls fight zombies in the American West

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Who Killed Nancy Drew?

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Afterlife with Archie, Anthony Del Col, Chuck Wendig, Jennifer Fisher, Nancy Drew, Nancy Drew Sleuths, Riverdale, Sherlock Holmes, The Hardy Boys

Writer Anthony Del Col may be “icing” the beloved teen detective, but says it’s not “fridging.”

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