Trope Tuesday: The endearing charm of the Found Family

Family bonds in pop-culture and fiction are some of the best parts of reading, TV, and movie watching (I’m thinking Supernatural, mostly) but found family, also known as family of choice, is more endearing, exciting, and fun to read, reminding…

‘Shadow and Bone’: What to expect in season two

So, you binged Netflix’s Shadow and Bone in one day and now you don’t know what to do with yourself. Like most Grisahverse fans, you now have to endure a torturous wait for the next season. But that’s okay! There’s…

4 Elements in the Best Book Covers

Picture this with me: You walk through the doors of your local bookstore and are greeted by hundreds, if not thousands, of bright, beautiful, still-have-that-new-book-smell books. You browse through the bestseller tables and your favorite sections, hunting for that next…

Ten YA Series to Binge Read

2016 seems to be the year for final books in series being released. It can be hard to keep track of so we’ve put together a compilation of some well-loved or highly-anticipated series that you should check out if you…

The Young Folks’ Best Books of 2015

The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2015! From “A Court of Thorns and Roses” to “Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda,” our tastes in books may slightly…

Book Review: ‘Six of Crows’ by Leigh Bardugo

A masterpiece. There is simply no other word for this book. I came in to Six of Crows with high hopes and high expectations. It’s a heist story, described as a YA “Ocean’s 11,” both things which I love. It…