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Unusual Elements
BOOK REPORT for Miyuki (Unusuals #2) by Veronica Bane Cover Story: Storm Cloud Afro BFF Charm: Meh Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: And Now … The Weather Bonus Factors: Diversity, Villains...
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Netflix Fix: G.B.F.
Title: G.B.F. Year: 2013 Fix: Original Teen Comedies, LGBTQ Stories, LOLs Netflix Summary: When Tanner is outed as a school's only openly gay student, three popular girls engage in an epic fight to...
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The 100 1x11: The Calm
Previously on The 100: The juvenile delinquents started a war with the Grounders. Hot Lincoln made a run for it and advised Octavia to do the same. Raven dumped Finn. The Ark shuttle, Exodus, crashed...
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Save the Trees, Save the World
BOOK REPORT for The Rift by Chris Howard Cover Story: Deviant Art Blacklight Poster BFF Charm: Sure, Why Not? Swoonworthy Scale: An Angsty 3 Talky Talk: Still Intense Bonus Factors: The Journey...
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Between Two Lockers with Erin McCahan
Because raving about the book wasn't enough, I invited author of Love and Other Foreign Words, Erin McCahan, to join me at the FYA lockers -- and she said yes! THE ACTUAL BOOK RELATED QUESTIONS So I...
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Procrastination Pro-Tips: Butterfly in the Sky
Guys, there is no time for an awkward intro this week. I HAVE TOO MUCH INTERNET TO TALK ABOUT. Book Related Things Have you been keeping up with the battle between Amazon and Hachette? Team Hachette...
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The Last Thing I Said to Her Was ‘Go Away’
BOOK REPORT for Torn Away by Jennifer Brown Cover Story: GTF Drinking Buddy: Can I Get You Something to Drink...And Maybe Adopt You? Testosterone Estrogen Level: You Have No One. No One. Talky Talk:...
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Orphan Black 2x7: Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things
Previously: Sequencing tech Scott found out that Cosima’s stem cell therapy—the one that appears to be working—was developed from Kira’s cells. Vic told Annoying Cop Angie that he will rat on Alison,...
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DIY Book Page Flowers
I know, I know, cutting up a book is like murder to some people. I used to feel the same way, until I saw the thousandth copy of Twilight languishing at the thrift store, never to find a new home. The...
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Between Two Lockers With Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown, author of Torn Away, was kind enough to talk about what makes her willing to tackle such intense subjects. Welcome THE BOOK RELATED QUESTIONS So...Torn Away. Wow. I mean, wow. What...
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BEA 2014: #Blessed, Y’all
The Book Expo of America (BEA) is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. Which basically means it's the biggest opportunity to GET YOUR BOOK NERD ON, i.e. FYA CHRISTMAS, i.e....
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Go Ask Alice What Really Happened
BOOK REPORT for The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu Cover Story: Sticks and Stones BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Just the Facts, Ma’am Anti-Bonus Factor: Small-Minded Small...
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The GILMORE GIRLS Rewatch Project: Back To Yale
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Gilmore Girls... The weird thing about Gilmore Girls Season 7 is that...well, not a whole lot happens for most of it. BUT it's in a way I don't...
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Don’t Go Into The Dark
BOOK REPORT for Arclight and Meridian (Arclight #1 and #2) by Josin L. McQuein Cover Story: Photo and Photo Negative with a Ravey Twist BFF Charm: Let Me Love You Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: She...
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Netflix Fix: The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Title: The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Year: 2013 Fix: Adventure Fantasy Netflix Summary: Based on G.P. Taylor's steam-punk tale, this Victorian-era thriller follows Mariah Mundi's journey...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT ALICE Blog Tour!
On Tuesday, we published our Kirkus review of Jennifer Mathieu’s The Truth About Alice – a book that deals with slut-shaming, bullying, and hypocrisy from multiple points of view. Roaring Brook Press...
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The 100 1x12: We Are Grounders Part 1
Previously on The 100, Finn and Clarke are captured by the Grounders, and the latter is forced to operate on a dying girl (who still dies). Finn is presumably killed, while Clarke ends up swinging in...
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Christie & Cocktails: Peril At End House
BOOK REPORT for Peril At End House by Agatha Christie Cover Story: Way to ruin the party, lady BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 0 Talky Talk: Sit Up And Pay Attention Bonus Factors: Cocktails!...
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So Slate Has Something To Say About YA
Today, an article was posted on Slate voicing an opinion that we here at FYA HQ disagree with. Our feelings are best summed up thusly: What say you, FYAers?
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Procrastination Pro-Tips: TFIOS Has Arrived. Okay? Okay.
Guys, the sooner I finish writing this post, the sooner I can go to bed. Who would have thought that we’d have SO MUCH to talk about the week before a MAJOR YA MOVIE ADAPTATION RELEASES?! You know,...
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