In this piece for the Barnes and Noble Teen Blog, I breathed a little bit of life into some books I’d enjoyed reading as a teenager that are now themselves in their publishing adolescence.
A little over 13 years ago, I joined the angsty ranks of teenagedom. I never had braces, but I was certainly super awkward—and remain so. Ever since, I have found solace in any book about a teenaged boy or girl who’s just trying to make it through life with minimal scarring. Recently, I realized my now 13-year YA habit has passed the teen years cutoff itself, and that got me thinking: how many of my YA favorites are adolescents in their own right? It turns out that quite a few of them are literary high schoolers! Here are five that have stood the test of time—or are due for a comeback.
Read it here
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