Because the new YA rom-com novel, Tweet Cute by Emma Lord, is that good, I narrowed the many things I loved about this book into five reasons why it w…
Go back to Neverland with this ‘Straight On Till Morning’ Excerpt
Wendy Darling is one of my favorite characters, and the magic of Peter Pan, pirate ships and lost boys, mermaids and fairy-dust is like my reading kry…
10 Badass YA Characters That Inspire Our 2020 Goals
Happy 2020! A new year means new resolutions for a new you. Some of us want to read more of the books that have been on our TBR while some of us want …
10 Epic Buffy-verse Novels and Graphic Novels To Get Your Slayer Fix
As a teenager in the late ‘00s, I discovered Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the worst possible time, just a year after the show ended for good. I had spe…
The 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2020
There are so many great books to look forward to that we fear our To-Be-Read piles will finally tip over in 2020. From exciting thrillers and magical …
The 10 Best Books of 2019
As we near the end of 2019, The Young Folks’ books staff reflected on all the wonderful new books we read this year that moved us both to tears …
10 Best YA Historical Fiction of 2019
Historical fiction is an amazing genre that brings truth from the past to us today. It can be heartbreaking and heartfelt — and sometimes it inc…