Tag: NPR’s 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels

Middle Grade Book List

Back on August 7th NPR announced the results of their summer’s poll seeking the Top 100 Teen Books. When I used this list for a YA panel I participated in, I noted a number of these titles are commonly shelved as Middle Grade books. Several people at that talk and since (especially with the holidays […]

Posted November 28, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Middle Grade Novels, What I read / 2 Comments

Talking Up YA

Last night at Maryland Romance Writers, I sat on a YA panel with a great group of ladies, fellow YA writers Toni Picker, Stephanie Thomas and Lea Nolan. When I joined the chapter five years ago, I was the only member writing YA, now some 6-8 of us read and write the genre, so it […]

Posted August 17, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Favorite Authors, What I read, YA Novels / 2 Comments