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
Digging in the Past for Our Futures
A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow comes out on March 22, 2022. For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town with few queer teenagers, let alone young trans men, they’ve shared milestones like coming out as trans, buying the right … [Read more...] about Digging in the Past for Our Futures
Q&A With Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World
By Gianna Macchia Today we're pleased to welcome Erik J. Brown to the WNDB blog to discuss YA novel All That's Left in the World, out since March 8, 2022! When Andrew stumbles upon Jamie’s house, he’s injured, starved, and has nothing left to lose. A deadly pathogen has killed off most of the … [Read more...] about Q&A With Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World
On Nancy Drew, and How Anyone With a Book Can Have an Adventure
By Katryn Bury I was home sick when my mother first handed me a Nancy Drew book. It wasn’t the first time I was missing school, and it wouldn’t be the last. In fact, I’d been stretching my allotted absences to the limit that particular year in fourth grade. I wasn’t sick every time I gave my … [Read more...] about On Nancy Drew, and How Anyone With a Book Can Have an Adventure
Q&A With Lin Thompson, The Best Liars in Riverview
By Olivia Mules Today we're pleased to welcome Lin Thompson to the WNDB blog to discuss middle grade novel The Best Liars in Riverview, out since March 8, 2022! Aubrey and Joel are like two tomato vines that grew along the same crooked fence—weird, yet the same kind of weird. But lately, even … [Read more...] about Q&A With Lin Thompson, The Best Liars in Riverview
Q&A With Alice Oseman, Loveless
By Kaley Kiermayr Today we’re pleased to welcome Alice Oseman to the WNDB blog to discuss her young adult novel Loveless, picked up by Scholastic for publication in the U.S.! Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush—but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s … [Read more...] about Q&A With Alice Oseman, Loveless
Centering Queer Families in Young Adult Literature
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron is on sale on June 29, 2021. By Kalynn Bayron Relationships with family and friends are at the heart of young adult novels. Whether it’s contemporary or historical, fantasy, or sci-fi, it is always about the human connections. YA fiction is such a good place … [Read more...] about Centering Queer Families in Young Adult Literature
Queernorm Fantasy Worlds: Writing as an Escape
By Alexandra Overy These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy is on sale now. Reading has always been my escape. From anxious late nights to hiding in the school library, it has always been my go-to method of avoiding the world. A way to get out of my own head for a while, to get completely … [Read more...] about Queernorm Fantasy Worlds: Writing as an Escape
