Cherie Priest With the explosion of illustrated books in general, and graphic novels in particular, I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest, ...

"To her infinite mortification, Sophia had no internal clock," thinks 13-year-old Sophia Tims, the heroine of S.E. Grove's ...

E. Lockhart We Were Liars by E. Lockhart is right there with Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein and the film The Usual Suspects , in ...

"Science Bob" Plugfelder "Science Bob" Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith collaborated in a unique way for Nick and ...

Sally Gardner Like Roald Dahl, Sally Gardner writes of adult cruelty to children in such a way that the child's welfare is never in...

Meg Rosoff Picture Me Gone came to Meg Rosoff in small pieces, the way the clues to the mystery at the heart of the novel came to her ...

Tom McNeal takes the structure of a Grimm fairy tale and crafts a completely original and compelling story in Far Far Away , involving magi...

How well do we really know another person? And in adolescence, when everybody is changing--from their physical looks to the...

Charles Dickens Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz felt like such a departure for the Newbery Medalist. When I got to interview ...

Jennifer A. Nielsen A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the idea of “the unreliable narrator” in connection with Elizabeth Wein’s Code Nam...

Lissa Evans At one time, author Lissa Evans produced comedy shows. Comedy is all about timing. The humor must be paced exactly right or ...

In The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet, history holds the clues to an unsolved mystery. And what could be better for two modern teens with...

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen is truly a book for all ages. The author-artist’s background as an animator informs his pacing and the su...

White Cat by Holly Black is all about the experience of adolescence as a solo journey. All of the members of Cassel Sharpe’s family were bo...