How the Adapted Screenplay Saved The Hunger Games (Part I of II)

When I think about movies that are, I believe, better than the books they are adapted from, for the most part these movies are adaptations of Young Adult novels (also, The Lord of the Rings). I’m not entirely sure what to…

Why YA Lit Matters: An Op-Ed Surrounding the Censorship of YA Novels, From a Young Adult’s Perspective

Young Adults vs. Children: Age Makes a Difference in Interpretation There is a measurable difference between children and teenagers and how they think; and while I lack the scientific data and figures to prove this point with hard-hitting and reliable…

Read of the Week: Things I Can’t Forget (Hundred Oaks 3) by Miranda Kenneally

Kate has always been the good girl. Too good, according to some people at school—although they have no idea the guilty secret she carries. But this summer, everything is different… This summer she’s a counselor at Cumberland Creek summer camp,…