This season Macmillan Library is all about boys and their adventures in growing up. The boys whose DIY robot bests MIT, the boys who attend a terrifyingly real boarding school (in the future), and the boys who use gaming as a means of salvation… We’re getting to know them all. Won’t you join us? SPARE […]
Books for Teens
We’re all about ALL THE RAGE!
We’re hopelessly devoted to Courtney Summers. We’ve been fans of her raw and realistic teen fiction since the very beginning. We were heartbroken by “Perfect” Parker Fadley’s shame spiral in CRACKED UP TO BE, watched the Fearsome Fivesome crumble in SOME GIRLS ARE, mourned the loss of Eddie Reeves’s father in FALL FOR ANYTHING and […]
Four Stars for My True Love Gave to Me
Good morning my dear librarians! Love is in the air thanks to Stephanie Perkins’ collection of short romantic holiday-themed stories with contributions from her YA pals David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell among others. “Rich language and careful, efficient character development make the collection an absorbing and sophisticated read, each story surprisingly fresh despite the constraints […]
COMPLICIT is a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults & Quick Picks nominee!
We’re thrilled that one of our favorite YA novels of the year—Stephanie Kuehn’s COMPLICIT—has been officially nominated for YALSA’s 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults AND Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers consideration! YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (9/16/14 Edition)
Calling all YA & Teen librarians! St. Martin’s Griffin has a new batch of teen fiction – JUST FOR YOU! And don’t forget to join us and @earlyword later today at 5pm EST for Early Word YA Galley Chat, hashtag #ewyagc. PARTY GAMES by R.L. Stine (Fear Street series) The first new Fear Street book […]
Back to School Cool with Griffin Teen
Beat the back-to-school blues with these awesome books from Griffin Teen: SWAY by Kat Spears In this “compelling debut told with swagger and real depth” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) by librarian Spears, a young man who avoids emotional connection at all costs is forced to open his heart when he meets the girl of his […]
Friday Reads: Entangled Edition
Happy Friday, friends! Today we’ve got two Entangled Teen titles waiting for you to download over at Net Galley! LOVE AND OTHER UNKNOWN VARIABLES by Shannon Alexander A love story in the vein of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. High school senior Charlie Hanson is a rising physics star bound for MIT when he falls […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (8/19/14 Edition)
Early Word YA Galley Chat is today, so that means it’s Teen Talk Tuesday! Check out the newest YA books from St. Martin’s Griffin this month, then join us and @earlyword at 5pm EST for the chat, hashtag #ewyagc. DEADLY LITTLE SINS by Kara Taylor (Prep School Confidential #3) In the conclusion to the Prep School […]