I've been with both readergirlz and Guys Lit Wire since they began, and since we have some crossover readership, I wanted to share the ...

 What if you could be the Grim Reaper? That's the reality in this awesome new book by Neal Shusterman. It's the future, death ...

I am part of a committee at my library system that plans social book talks- we find books that speak to pressing social issues and then we h...

Sometimes a book arrives with so much pre-publication hype that you cannot help but be disappointed when you actual...

Yuki Nakahara is an American. He was born here and is a citizen. His parents on the other hand, were not. After Pearl Harbor, President Ro...

From the Guardian a couple of months ago, author Alex Wheatle won the children's fiction prize for Crongton Knights. Here's a bit ...

I recently interviewed Joel ben Izzy , author of Dreidels on the Brain , as part of the 2017 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour . Joel is ...

Joseph is 14 and just got out of prison. He took a pill that made him go sideways and he attacked a teacher. Now, as part of his r...

Brock is a good, strong name usually associated with a strong character. Not so in this sports novel however. Our Brock is a good kid but ...

I spoke with my students just last week about how books are both mirrors and windows, reflecting on our own lives and also ...