‘Ash’ by Malinda Lo Joel A. Nichols ReviewsSpeculative FictionYoung Adult April 27, 2010 2 min readLambda Award Finalist Malinda Lo’s Ash isn’t just a lesbian love story, a faerie tale or even only a retelling...
‘Finlater’ by Shawn Stewart Ruff Reginald Harris Young Adult March 16, 2010 2 min readLambda Literary Award Winner A coming-of-age story and tale of first love set in early 1970s Cincinnati, Shawn Stewart Ruff’s...
‘Talk’ by Kathe Koja Lawrence Schimel ReviewsYoung Adult July 21, 2009 2 min readTalk is both the title of this novel and of a controversial play that the students at Faulkner High School...
‘Split Screen’ by Brent Hartinger Bill Burleson Young Adult July 21, 2009 2 min readWill Min and Leah make it as a couple, even though Leah, the beautiful cheerleader, is in the closet, much...
Summer 2009 Young Adult Round-Up Teresa Stores Young Adult June 11, 2009 5 min readSince J.D. Salinger’s seminal The Catcher in the Rye, the unreliable narrator has been a staple of the young adult...
‘Uncle Bobby’s Wedding’ by Sarah S. Brannen Teresa Stores Young Adult June 9, 2009 2 min readIn Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, a pair of male guinea pigs get married. The book has been challenged by patrons in...
‘Gravity’ by Leanne Lieberman Andrea L.T. Peterson Young Adult May 27, 2009 1 min readFundamental Christianity gets all the media attention regarding social issues in our country. Set in Toronto in the late 1980s,...
