GeekMom Halloween Reading Roundup 2021: Young Adult
Today’s Halloween roundup is all about YA, so check it out for reviews of six spooktacular stories for teens and older readers.
Continue ReadingToday’s Halloween roundup is all about YA, so check it out for reviews of six spooktacular stories for teens and older readers.
Continue Reading‘Wranglestone’ by Darren Charlton is a queer YA story set in post-apocalyptic America in the years following a global zombie contagion.
Continue Reading‘Both Sides Now’ by Peyton Thomas is a YA novel about a transgender teen boy in the approach to the National Debate Championships.
Continue Reading‘Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating’ by Adiba Jaigirdar is a contemporary YA novel about two Irish, Bengali girls who fake a relationship.
Continue Reading‘Be Dazzled’ by Ryan La Sala is a YA, dual-timeline novel about a teenage cosplayer set in the world of conventions and competitive cosplay.
Continue Reading‘Trouble Girls’ by Julia Lynn Rubin is a YA story about two queer teenage girls, inspired by ‘Thelma and Louise’ and the #MeToo movement.
Continue Reading‘Here the Whole Time’ by Vitor Martins is a body-positive, Brazilian YA novel about two gay teen boys who live in the same apartment building.
Continue Reading‘Almost Flying’ by Jake Maia Arlow is a contemporary, LGBTQ, middle grade centered around theme parks and rollercoasters.
Continue Reading‘Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life’ by Lois Shearing is a non-fiction book that explores bisexuality in detail.
Continue Reading‘Me, My Dad, and the End of the Rainbow’ by Benjamin Dean is the story of twelve-year-old Archie whose dad has just realized that he is gay.
Continue Reading‘The Deepest Breath’ by Meg Grehan is an unusual, LGBTQ middle-grade book that is written entirely in verse.
Continue Reading‘As Far As You’ll Take Me’ by Phil Stamper is about a gay 17-year-old from Kentucky who lies to his parents so he can spend summer in London.
Continue ReadingIn ‘Ace of Spades,’ Devon & Chiamaka (the two Black students at their school) are targeted by the anonymous ‘Aces’ who reveals their secrets.
Continue Reading‘One Last Stop’ by Casey McQuiston follows August who falls in love with a girl trapped in a time loop on the NYC subway since the 1970s.
Continue Reading‘The Passing Playbook’ by Isaac Fitzsimmons is a coming-of-age book about transgender rights and football (soccer) in equal measure.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie reviews 5 books including the latest from John Green and a middle-grade about girl’s football.
Continue Reading‘Heartstopper’ by Alice Oseman is a series of graphic novels about two British teenage boys navigating their burgeoning relationship.
Continue ReadingI spent the first weeks of 2021 reading 3 books that take classic novels & authors & give them a 21st-century twist in very different ways.
Continue ReadingCelebrate the return of ‘The Crown’ with three books filled with the same scandals, tragedies, and difficult choices you have come to love.
Continue ReadingIn this final Halloween Reading Roundup installment for 2020, I have five more YA and adult books to share. Happy Halloween!
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