Read of the Week: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

“Bono met his wife in high school,” Park says. “So did Jerry Lee Lewis,” Eleanor answers. “I’m not kidding,” he says. “You should be,” she says, “we’re sixteen.” “What about Romeo and Juliet?” “Shallow, confused, then dead.” ”I love you,”…

Read of the Week: The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson

A daring rescue. A difficult choice. Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother’s jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed…

Interview: JoJo

By: Melissa Berne I’ve written about JoJo many times here on TYF, and it was an absolute joy and pleasure to finally be able to have her call in for us to have a raw yet fun conversation melded with…

Latino Spotlight: Colombian Film Festival 2013 in NYC

Happy new year! As 2013 makes a grand entrance, this is my opportunity to feature one of my future projects: The Colombian Film Festival taking place in New York City in March. As a proud Colombian, I had to take…

The Young Folks’ Best Movies of 2012

The Young Folks writers have come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2012! 2012 has been a great year for movies. From The Avengers to Les Miserables, there was a lot to…

Interview: ‘Les Misérables’ Cast & Director at the Australian Premiere

TYF contributor, Shane A. Bassett, interviewed the cast and director of Les Misérables on the red carpet at the Sydney, Australian premiere. Four sleeps till Christmas, a very warm and windy day on the red carpet in the middle of Pitt Street Mall, Sydney…

This Month In Books: October 2012 New Releases

What an amazing month for books it is going to be! I’ve actually been looking forward to October all year because of some of the books that are being release. This months list is absolutely overrun with releases of debut…