Appealing to Reluctant YA Readers, a guest post by April Henry
Helping students discover they are readers opens the whole world to them.
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How a YA Author Helped Me Realize I Have OCD, a guest post by E.G. Young
Maggie Stiefvater gave me the right words to describe my experience. She also gave me permission to claim the label: I didn’t have to be ashamed to have OCD, because one of my role models had it!
Fast Five Interview: Brittany Cavallaro and Jeff Zentner
Authors Brittany Cavallaro and Jeff Zentner join us to talk about their new book, WAYFARERS.
Walking on Sunshine: Lessons From a Golden Boy, a Guest Post by A.J. Symon
Hudson is a creature who looks human on the outside but is still very much a golden retriever on the inside. A Golden Boy.
For the Girls With Claws, a guest post by Máire Roche
The premise of Little Monsters is this: what if the four March sisters of Little Women fame were growing up in modern day Salem…and what if they were trying to hide the fact that they were also monsters?
PENGUIN TBR August 2026: FEELING LIKE AN ADHD ALIEN and STEALING SAINT NICK
Take a look at the PENGUIN TBR for August 2026, including the titles ADHD ALIEN and STEALING SAINT NICK
Teens Read YA: LE Mayo Reads THE RIVER SHE BECAME and SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
Teen reviewer L. E. Mayo reviews THE RIVER SHE BECAME by Emily Varga and SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS by Rajani Larocca
Read It to Be It, a guest post by Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King shares her new book, SEE IT TO BE IT
My Killer Family, a guest post by Dinesh Thiru
With my new book coming out, My Killer Family Reunion, I’ve been joking with friends that it’s inspired by all the traumatic experiences I had attending Indian family reunions as a kid.
Penguin Young Readers Showcase: August 2026 Books
18 new and forthcoming books to sneak into the last bit of your summer reading.