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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...

Crossing Over by S.B. Alexander – Defining the New Adult Genre

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Genres are usually fairly self-explanatory: Mysteries have mystery, romances contain love stories, nonfiction is, well, nonfiction. But “Young Adult” and “New Adult” aren’t as easily categorized. There are simi... 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...

Books We Love: Our 2016 Holiday Gift Guide

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Do you have a book lover on your holiday shopping list? Here are a few recommendations from our very talented literary critics that are sure to please even the most discerning reader.   Tabitha Lord ... Read More...

Dessert First – An Interview with Dean Gloster

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Dean Gloster's young adult novel Dessert First is a beautifully written, compassionate story of a young girl dealing with the painful realities of her brother's fight with cancer, while at the same time navigat... Read More...

Beneath Wandering Stars, An Interview with YA Author Ashlee Cowles

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Emotional truth infuses Beneath Wandering Stars, the young adult debut novel by Ashlee Cowles. Gabriella Santiago, who is from a military family, faces the typical challenges of being a teenager girl–clashing w... Read More...
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Making Her Mark: An Interview with Aurora Whittet

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I am a huge fan of fantasy. A good fantasy novel describes stunning worlds and paints a vivid picture in my imagination. It creates memorable characters and launches them on epic adventures. I lose myself i... Read More...

An Interview with Randy Ribay – In This Universe!

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An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes is a little gem of a contemporary young adult novel by high school teacher, coach, and self-proclaimed nerd, Randy Ribay. It is a modern coming of age story told from th... Read More...

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