The Booklist Reader » Young Adult

This regular feature gives Booklist contributing reviewer Terry Hong the opportunity to shout about a recently published book she adored. She’ll tell us why we should read it, then provide fi...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2020/05/15/young-adult-literature/five-more-to-go-kim-hyun-sooks-banned-book-club/

This past year was a big year for my family: my oldest son finished kindergarten, and his teacher deserves her place in the pantheon of great kindergarten teachers. (My son will proudly explain t...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/08/15/childrens-literature/when-all-the-words-are-magic/

Happy final Friday of Pride Month. Wow . . . that went by quickly! I have 25 (no lie!) more books on, under, next to, and all around my desk that I will not be covering here, which is actually a ...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/06/28/young-adult-literature/transgender-pride-literally-11-titles-by-ownvoices-authors-and-more/

This regular feature gives Booklist critics the opportunity to shout about a recently published book they adored. They’ll tell us why we should read it, then provide five read-alikes for the ti...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/04/15/young-adult-literature/five-more-to-go-margaret-atwood-and-renee-naults-the-handmaids-tale/

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, authors have used “the noun of full name” titling method to effectively pitch their stories to readers, gi...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/02/13/book-lists/title-trend-the-nouns-of-full-names-ya-edition/

Cindy and Lynn: We were fortunate to be in the Seattle audience for the 2019 Youth Media Awards announcements, and as usual, there were surprises. Some of our favorite books won different awards...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/02/01/bookends-childrens-literature/ya-cover-trend-alert-scratch-that/

Cindy and Lynn: We had so much fun giving out last year’s 2017 Bookends Awards, this year we’re announcing a new batch for 2018’s publications! We’re not talking about Newbery, Caldeco...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/01/24/bookends-childrens-literature/cindy-lynns-2018-book-awards/

Cindy: Basketball fans rejoice—have we got a book for you! I know there’s some Super Bowl hype ratcheting up, but I couldn’t care less (especially since the Bears are out). It’s official...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/01/16/bookends-childrens-literature/indiana-high-school-basketball-attucks-oscar-robertson-and-civil-rights/

Lynn: Choosing our list of annual favorites is SO hard! Cindy is right that I seldom can keep to the limit, but please remember she chose 16! This was an exceptional year and there are so many I ...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/01/10/bookends-childrens-literature/bookends-favorites-2018-lynns-selections/

Cindy: Once again, Lynn and I are going to share our favorite books of 2018. I hope some of them end up winning awards, but that is not in our criteria for selecting them—these are the books w...

https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/01/07/bookends-childrens-literature/bookends-favorites-2018-cindys-selections/