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Latine/x YA: Not alone
Here are five books about Latine/x young adults who forge connections with others across oceans, centuries, and planes of existence. September 15–October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Latine/x Heritage Month. Find additional books, articles, interviews, and more from the Horn Book here. Frontera by Julio Anta; illus. by Jacoby Salcedo Middle...
True stories
The following five true stories provide young adults with captivating history lessons and also provide them opportunities to draw connections to the current events affecting our world. 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don Brown; illus. by the author High School Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp. 5/23 9780063311565 $22.99 e-book...
LGBTQIA+ representation
These seven recent YA titles are perfect for Pride Month in June — and for standing up to anti-LGBTQIA+ book banners all year round. See also last year’s Rainbow Reads project plus picture book, middle-grade, and teen booklists from the Guide/Reviews Database. Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli High School Balzer...
GTFOH with Magical Headaches: Chronic Pain in YA Fantasy
My medical records show frequent headaches and joint pain from the time I was able to articulate being in pain. When I was seventeen, a neck injury left me with a constant headache and more than fifteen days of migraine each month. It wasn’t until about six months ago —...
Field Notes: Beyond the "Hero's Journey": We Need Diverse Curricula
What were you required to read in tenth grade? Maybe you graduated many years ago, and you assume that since so much has changed in the larger cultural conversation, certainly high-school English would also have changed. So many good books have been published since then, you might think. But I...
Their own stories
“Who tells your story?” In the following four cases, these authors share their very personal and moving memoirs — in prose, verse, or graphic format — with young adult readers about the difficult situations they experienced while coming of age. See also Thien Pham Talks with Roger about Family Style:...
Nick Brooks Talks with Roger
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by Through a collection of intriguingly unreliable narrators, Promise Boys explores the landscape of Black and Latino teen lives. I talked with Nick Brooks about his first YA novel while...
Pulse-pounding reads
Horror novels and thrillers can appeal to fans for their edge-of-your-seat action; explorations of the unknown; and violence and gore. These six YA novels capitalize on the genres’ hallmarks while delving deeper to provide readers with entertaining — and thought-provoking — page-turners. See also Vincent Tirado’s Spring Publishers’ Preview interview...
Learning from Mother Nature
The following high-interest, engagingly written, STEM-focused titles explore natural history and the natural world for young adults. For slightly younger teens (and tweens), see also How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by John Gurche. Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern...
YA retold
Fresh adaptations and retellings can be a way to engage readers with (or introduce them to) classics. Here are four retellings that give their original source material new life for a new generation of readers. See also our Summer Reading list, featuring Soman Chainani’s reimagined fairy tale collection Beasts and...
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