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Ready to be Swept Away to Paris? Try New YA Romance Kisses & Croissants

Mary Sullivan
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Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau is a French YA writer who skipped across the publishing pond to share her latest novel, Kisses and Croissants. It's about an American ballet student named Mia who's given entry into a pre... Read More...

Two Can Keep a Secret – Another Stunning Success by NYT Bestselling Author Karen McManus

Tabitha Lord
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With her sophomore novel, Two Can Keep a Secret, Karen McManus expertly captures the young adult voice and blends it with page-turning suspense to deliver another bestseller. In the creepy New England town of E... Read More...

Living with ADHD – An Interview with Jaclyn Paul, Author of Order from Chaos

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I knew my oldest son's brain worked differently than mine from the time he was a little boy. He was bright, intuitive, emotionally intelligent, and active. He also couldn't stay on age appropriate tasks for ver... Read More...

(Sky)Dive into Freefall Summer, Tracy Barrett’s New YA Set at a Jump Zone

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Tracy Barrett’s new novel, Freefall Summer, is about a girl named Clancy who spends her summer packing parachutes for jumpers at a drop zone. Despite her job—and the fact her father owns the place—Clancy has ne... Read More...
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Abbey Lee Nash’s Debut YA, Lifeline, Explores Teen Addiction

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Abbey Lee Nash’s debut young adult novel Lifeline is about Eli Ross, a boy whose senior year is upended when he accidentally overdoses at a party. Although he’s resuscitated, the jig is up. There are no more op... Read More...

Best Books of 2017

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Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year. Tabitha's Top Picks: The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typic... Read More...

The Author’s Cut live with Jon McGoran

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In the not so distant future, humans are splicing their own DNA with that of other species. The results are both magnificent and monstrous. But the societal backlash isn't to regulate the splicing, it's to dehu... Read More...

Spliced – Jon McGoran’s New YA Thriller

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One of Us Is Lying – An Interview With Karen McManus

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In her fiction debut, Karen McManus delivers a compelling modern day Breakfast Club with a dark twist. Five students head to detention, but only four walk out alive. Told from multiple perspectives, One of Us I... Read More...

Heartbreak, Hope, and Humor in Erica Chapman’s Debut – Teach Me To Forget

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Ellery Stevens plans to kill herself. Her sister's tragic death, for which she blames herself, still haunts her, and the weight of guilt and loss seems never to abate. But Ellery's plan fails, and she's forced ... Read More...
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