The Once Upon a Con series by Ashley Poston Geekerella by Ashley Poston. I read this book back in 2016 when I was a teen librarian and was s...

Skellig by David Almond My mom read this book because it was recommended in an author's newsletter. The book won a Printz Award from YAL...

The Babysitters Coven  by Kate Williams I’m a huge Babysitters Club fan so The Babysitters Coven had a more grown-up and modern (and WITCHY...

Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers edited by Judy Blume After reading Rachel Vail for the first time since mi...

No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado As a fan of the MTV show Catfish , this young adult novel of catfishing caught my attention b...

Well, That Was Awkward by Rachel Vail I remember reading the Friendship Ring when I was in middle school and LOVED it. I had the tiny book v...

September 29th is Historical Mystery Day!  Launched in 2021 by author Sara Rosett , this day celebrates a blend of history and detective wor...

The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston Overview She’s been a different person in each of the six places she’s lived: Madeline in Ohio, ...

I wanted to kick-off Black History month by spotlighting some of my favorite young adult books by Black authors. The  Track  Series by Jason...

  My third Zevin (though I haven't written about Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow , I did review  The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry ) and...

Thanks to @kidlitexchange and @sabina_writer for sharing the ARC of this book with me. It’s out TODAY from @scholasticinc ! Zara was born ...

No illustrations because this is a young adult book. This novel has less of a "first love" plot than the previous three. Barbara f...

  No illustrations because this is another young adult book. I don't know why the book cover has hamburgers on it because I don't re...

No illustrations because this is another young adult book. Shelley feels stuck in her Oregon life, so when she has the opportunity to live h...

No illustrations because this is Beverly Cleary’s first young adult book. Fifteen-year-old Jane Purdy wants to find a boy to date and spends...

This looks like I picked more than 5 books, but two choices are the book and the sequel, and one is an amazing series. Since I think they sh...

Thanks to Quirk Books for sending me an ARC of this book! It will be released on February 2, 2021, and you won't want to miss it.  “At o...

Thanks to @kidlitexchange and @scholasticinc for sharing an ARC of The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by @onewpc. This book is out Nove...

Thanks to @kidlitexchange and @scholasticinc for sharing an ARC of @bkonigsberg's The Bridge, which is out TODAY, so go ahead and grab y...

  Take Me With You by Tara Altebrando Thanks to @kidlitexchange, Bloomsbury Publishing, and Tara Altebrando for sharing an ARC of this book!...