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The Best Children's and YA Books of March 2018
Among the month's standouts for kids and teens are rich, compelling narratives that beg to be read in long binges, while curled up under a blanket, and bright, effervescent stories that sparkle with the promise of spring.
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The Books That Would’ve Kept Me Reading as a 16-Year-Old Boy
Here’s a list of books I wish I had read when I was a teenager; maybe one of them would have convinced me to keep going with books even when literary fiction didn’t suit me just yet.
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The Books I Fell in Love with as an Awkward Immigrant Teenager
I couldn’t leave the country without a green card, but at least I could lie in bed, open a book, and escape into someone else’s miserable life. These titles resonated with me at that age and remain some of my favorites.
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The Best Children's and YA Books of February 2018
From stories about inspiring trailblazers to timely tales of inclusion and compassion, there’s plenty of great new books to keep young readers feeling warm on the inside this month.
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The Page-Turning Allure of the British Upper Class
M. A. Bennett shares the personal experience that inspired S.T.A.G.S., her YA mystery about a girl who wins a scholarship to an exclusive English boarding school.
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The Best Children's and YA Books of January 2018
From an adventure at sea to a twisted boarding school thriller to a beautiful rumination on love, there's lots to excite and delight in the early days of 2018.
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The Best YA Books of 2017, According to Teens
What YA books were tops with teens this year? Here are the titles that teen readers were raving about to their friends in 2017.
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The Best Children's and YA Books of December 2017
We’ve rounded up some of this month’s highlights — books that share funny, true, fantastical tales of bears and fearless women, crush-worthy new acquaintances and Jedis.
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Katherine Paterson’s List of Recommended Reads for Middle Grade and YA Readers
Katherine Paterson, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Bridge to Teribithia, shares nine books that she recommends for every middle grade and YA reader.
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The Best Children's and YA Books of November 2017
November's best new books include beautiful and moving picture books, much-anticipated middle grade novels, and YA reads that will keep you riveted.
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Bookshelf Must-Have: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
Dark magic, mystery, romance, and suspense combine in spellbinding fashion in our latest Bookshelf Must-Have pick. A reimagining of the Evil Queen legend, this stunning YA novel from debut author Julie C. Dao is completely captivating.
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Writing About the Past and Stumbling Upon the Present: Adriana Mather on Reliving History
The more research I did for my books, the more I kept stumbling upon evidence that history repeats itself — a phrase I thought was nothing more than an overused cliché but found was a frightening reality.
