Many second books fall prey to the “sophomore slump,” falling short of the expectation built up by their first book....
Brian Katcher’s second novel Almost Perfect is the winner of the 2011 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award, presented...
In Brent Hartinger’s Shadow Walkers (Flux), isolated 16-year-old Zach journeys into the astral realm (the spiritual dimension juxtaposed with our...
The Davidsons are a perfect family—though not in a Stepford Wives way. Relatively healthy, communicative, genuinely wanting what’s best for each...
When queerness forced me to leave home at seventeen I remember what it was like to constantly look over my...
A Look at Gender in YA Fiction I’ve always been interested in gender and how it intersects with sexuality. It’s...
Set in the state of Puebla in southern Mexico, Erik Orrantia’s debut novel, Normal Miguel (Cheyenne), offers a unique experience...
The highly influential and much imitated David Levithan and Rachel Cohn have changed the young adult genre in new, exciting...
When I was first asked to write about GLBT topics in Young Adult fiction for Lambda, I was thrilled. I...
“if i wasn’t such a lame excuse for a person something right might happen to me. it’s not fair because...
