By Alaina Lavoie Today we're pleased to welcome A. J. Sass to the WNDB blog to discuss middle grade novel Ellen Outside the Lines, out today, March 22, 2022! Thirteen-year-old Ellen Katz feels most comfortable when her life is well planned out and people fit neatly into her predefined … [Read more...] about Q&A With A. J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
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Q&A With Adib Khorram, Kiss & Tell
By Aleah Gornbein Today we're pleased to welcome Adib Khorram to the WNDB blog to discuss YA novel Kiss & Tell, out today, March 22, 2022! Hunter never expected to be a boy band star, but, well, here he is. He and his band Kiss & Tell are on their first major tour of North America, … [Read more...] about Q&A With Adib Khorram, Kiss & Tell
Q&A With Remi K. England, The One True Me and You
By Ashley Wells Ajinkya Today we’re pleased to welcome Remi K. England to the WNDB blog to discuss The One True Me and You, available on March 1, 2022. One small fandom convention. One teen beauty pageant. One meet cute waiting to happen. Up and coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is … [Read more...] about Q&A With Remi K. England, The One True Me and You
Phil Stamper’s Third YA Novel Is About Found Family and Queer Excellence
By Karis Rogerson Phil Stamper’s latest YA, Golden Boys (out February 8, 2022) promises to be a story of queer friendship centering four boys from the same rural town who all embark of separate summer adventures. In responses to questions sent via email, Phil spoke about the struggles of writing … [Read more...] about Phil Stamper’s Third YA Novel Is About Found Family and Queer Excellence
Q&A With Mariko Tamaki, Cold
By Samantha Leong Today we’re pleased to welcome Mariko Tamaki to the WNDB blog to discuss her book Cold, which came out February 8, 2022! This is the story of a boy who died—and a girl who wants to know why. Todd Mayer is dead. Now he's some sort of ghost, hovering over his body, which has … [Read more...] about Q&A With Mariko Tamaki, Cold
Q&A With Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All
By Nithya Ramcharan Today we're pleased to welcome Racquel Marie to the WNDB blog to discuss Ophelia After All, out today, February 8, 2022! Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys – way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her … [Read more...] about Q&A With Racquel Marie, Ophelia After All
Lessons From a Teen Book Club and a Girl Named Angie
Fat Angie: Homecoming is out now. By e.E. Charlton-Trujillo About a year after publishing Fat Angie—the first book in my ALA-winning series—I visited an Illinois high school book club. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with book clubs. Most of the students I met in traditional and alternative … [Read more...] about Lessons From a Teen Book Club and a Girl Named Angie
I Am Once Again Asking You To Use the Word Lesbian
The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott is on sale now. By Rachael Lippincott The first time I had an inkling about my sexuality was when I was in elementary school. I heard an NPR interview in the backseat of my parents’ car about a lesbian couple that had been together for a number of years, … [Read more...] about I Am Once Again Asking You To Use the Word Lesbian
Q&A With Misa Sugiura, Love & Other Natural Disasters
By Shannon Rygg Today we’re pleased to welcome Misa Sugiura to the WNDB blog to discuss her YA novel Love & Other Natural Disasters, out June 8, 2021! We revealed the cover of Love & Other Natural Disasters last year, along with an excerpt. When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer … [Read more...] about Q&A With Misa Sugiura, Love & Other Natural Disasters
