Tag: YA
I read YA
By Guest Blogger on May 2nd, 2013
It’s not a secret — you don’t have to be a teen to read YA. As longtime fans of young adult literature, we at Scholastic are thrilled that more and more adults are finding great stories in a section previously reserved for teens, andmore… full post
OOM book club: The Summer Prince
By Morgan on April 30th, 2013
It’s finally here! Welcome to the first official OOM book club discussion! As we previously announced, this month’s book selection was Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince. Did you read it? Join us right here for a discussion at 1pm ET! We’llmore… full post
Introducing the OOM book club!
By Morgan on April 5th, 2013
You like books. So do we. And we all like to talk about books. How about we talk about the same books at the same time, then? Introducing the OOM book club! At the beginning of each month, we’ll announce a title, and at the end of each month,more… full post
My Skinny journey
By Michael on March 28th, 2013
Books take you on a journey. The plot, the characters, the setting…all meant to take you away. But sometimes a book resonates so much that the actual journey begins when you finish it and go back to your real life. That was the case when I readmore… full post
In our feeds: YA art, the many hats of Dr. Seuss, blind dating with books, and more!
By Morgan on February 8th, 2013
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a good (snowy, if you’re in the Northeast!) weekend! Earlier today, Lia sent me this link right about the samemore… full post
The 5s: Authors to follow on Pinterest
By Morgan on December 13th, 2012
As we close out 2012, we’re looking back on the great things in social media and tech that caught our eye this year. We’re calling it The 5s! Today, we highlight 5 authors doing cool things on Pinterest. If it feels like we talk aboutmore… full post
Breaking awards news: Endangered is a National Book Award nominee!
By Morgan on October 10th, 2012
Bonobos everywhere are thrilled, and we are, too: Endangered, a Young Adult novel by Eliot Schrefer that we published earlier this year, has just been nominated for a National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category! Endangeredmore… full post
Is $&%*# acceptable in YA lit?
By Morgan on May 22nd, 2012
I am obsessed with words. This is, of course, the reason I’m a writer and a reader at heart, and why I still tote around an old, massive copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, ever since I learned how illuminating it is to trace the linguistic rootsmore… full post
Why I read young adult books
By Jessica on April 10th, 2012
Anyone who has met me or read a blog post or two by me knows that I am a pretty voracious reader. It is both a joy and an occupational hazard. When I came across The Power of Young Adult Fiction in the New York Times’ Room for Debate section,more… full post
Take a look at the covers of the upcoming Hunger Games movie tie-in titles!
By Morgan on December 1st, 2011
We’ve got BIG Hunger Games news today! Remember when we announced the movie tie-in program,with three tie-in titles being released in February 2012, and another in March 2012? (If you don’t recall that exciting news, click here to read about it.more… full post
