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I have always been a reader; it is a part of my identity. I take pride in the fact that, as a child, my relatives always...

White bias: The assumption that all characters in a book are white unless stated otherwise. When Olivia Award–winning actress Noma Dumezweni was cast as Hermione in...

I can’t remember the exact moment when I discovered YA books, but I sure do remember the few books that made me fall in love with YA....

I was in college when I first learned the difference between a country and its government. And also how the political concept of a nation is...

This list of YA books about music is sponsored by Lerner Books. Fifteen-year-old Verdad doesn’t think she has time for love. She’s still struggling to process the recent...

This list of adventure stories is sponsored by A Trick of Light by Stan Lee, published by HMH Books & Media. From Stan Lee, the pop-culture legend...

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads. “In...

“A fragment ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.” —Friedrich Schlegel,...

Sponsored by our giveaway of the year’s best mysteries and thrillers so far! These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so...