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YA Book Review: IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE

May 14, 2019 Marianne Knowles

Just two days after the cover reveal for IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting happened. The Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shooting was

Teen Book Review: I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

May 7, 2019 Rebecca Moody

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST by debut author Mason Deaver is a contemporary coming of age that’s out from Scholastic/Push in May 2019. *I

Interview: Susan Kaplan Carlton, author of IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE

May 3, 2019 Joyce Audy Zarins

This is more than an interview with a young adult author about her newest book. Recent events in the news reveal that antisemitism has not

YA Book Review: To Best The Boys by Mary Weber

April 23, 2019 Rebecca Moody

TO BEST THE BOYS features lush world-building, a spunky, dynamic heroine with a mile-a-minute mind and voice reminiscent of Felicity Montague of Mackenzi Lee’s Petticoats & Piracy, and a plot as nail-bitingly intense as Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

How Memory Can Inspire Fiction

April 2, 2019 Alumni & Guests

By Kristine Carlson Asselin This is what Wikipedia says about Memory: Memory is the faculty of the brain by which information is encoded, stored, and

Cat Winters delivers a speculative jaunt into the historical life of Edgar Allan Poe with The Raven’s Tale

March 15, 2019 Rebecca Moody

The Raven’s Tale is a Young Adult Historical Fiction infused with a fun speculative streak that takes the narrative to interesting and unexpected places.

REVIEW: How to Make Friends with the Dark #YA novel by Kathleen Glasgow

March 5, 2019 Marti Johnson

One of the things I like best about being a writer actively involved in critique groups is the opportunity to review ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies).

Falling for Wonder Boy

February 26, 2019 Dana Nuenighoff

This past week, the companion novel for Kristine Carlson Asselin’s ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT, FALLING FOR WONDER BOY, released. For anyone who loves sporty