A second biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has just come out

Posted on 05/12/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It was somewhat of a jolt, during childhood, to realize that teachers had lives outside of school. And while we’ve...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Nonfiction, The New York Times, Young adult literature

Book about police-shooting victim is pulled from Florida school

Posted on 05/11/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes may have won a Walter Award, but it won’t be taught in a Florida...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Young adult literature

Angie Thomas expects, but doesn't fear, challenges to her new book

Posted on 04/27/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Angie Thomas takes a pragmatic — yet positive — view about the impact of her writing, in a recent...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, The Guardian, Young adult literature

Elizabeth Acevedo reveals her first novel for adults

Posted on 04/19/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Elizabeth Acevedo is ready to try her hand at a new literary genre: adult fiction. The currently untitled novel will...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Young adult literature

Author Gary Paulsen has written his own survival story

Posted on 04/19/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Gary Paulsen is well known for his novels about surviving. Now, he’s sharing his own story about survival. Back in...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Young adult literature

Jason Reynolds chosen as Banned Books Week's honorary chair

Posted on 04/16/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Jason Reynolds has been chosen as the inaugural honorary chair for Banned Books Week. It’s the latest of many...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Young adult literature

A look back at the choose your own adventure books

Posted on 04/04/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you were a child or were around them during the 1980s and early 1990s, you probably encountered a choose...

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Tagged As: Young adult literature

Hulu is adapting Sarah J. Maas's Court Of Thorns And Roses series

Posted on 03/31/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sarah J. Maas’s A Court Of Thorns And Roses series is headed to Hulu. Deadline reports that the author is...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Fantasy, TV adaptation, Young adult literature

Meet the author who caused lovers to leave locks on bridges

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 10:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Italian author Federico Moccia didn’t invent the idea of leaving locks on bridges as a signal of love, but his...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Literature in translation, Romance, The New York Times, Young adult literature

How to write historical fiction for teen readers

Posted on 02/21/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The amount of research that goes into a historical fiction novel can seem daunting. And author Phyllis Still won’t claim...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Historical fiction, Young adult literature