Community matters, especially to LGBTQIAP+ people. Where We Go From Here author Lucas Rocha stopped by to share his top picks for LGBTQIAP+ YA novels that have the best depictions of community.
Best friends, sworn enemies, separated by mortality, traumatized by abandonment… Mother-daughter relationships in YA novels (as well as stories in general) take many forms.
Not all books make for great TV shows or movies, but we absolutely agree with Together We Caught Fire debut author Eva V. Gibson’s picks for contemporary YA books that deserve the adaptation treatment.
“Insta-love” gets a lot of hate, but is it really deserving of it? Lani Forbes, author of the upcoming YA novel The Seventh Sun, certainly doesn’t think so.
Think badass female characters are exclusive to modern times? Think again. For every Buffy-esque heroine in the world today, there are at least two from the past just waiting for their stories to be told through YA historical fiction.
We all know how important it is to get right back on the horse, if you will, after taking a spill, but The Speed of Falling Objects author Nancy Richardson Fischer’s firsthand story proves just why that is.
Interested in reading stories with nuanced portrayals of mental health? Morgan Parker, author of the upcoming YA novel Who Put This Song On?, outlines her top picks for female characters who own their mental health in books.