Libraries in YA Fiction

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

By Axelle Heyst on November 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

Norris Kaplan arrives in Austin TX on a blazing hot day with his mother, a Creole/Patois linguist who has just accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Texas after months and months of applying for jobs all over the… Read More ›

I Killed Zoe Spanos

By Axelle Heyst on August 31, 2020 • ( 0 )

Anna Cicconi is a new high school graduate filling the summer before college matriculation by working as a nanny in the Hamptons. Her mom is generally caring but works two jobs and so doesn’t have a whole lotta time and… Read More ›

My Jasper June

By Axelle Heyst on January 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

It’s the last day of school for thirteen-year-old Leah, who lives with her mom and dad in Ormewood Park, a suburb of Atlanta where neighbors frequently gather together for cookouts and observe community traditions that date back years and years…. Read More ›

All Our Broken Pieces

By Axelle Heyst on December 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

Lennon (yes, you can easily guess where the name came from) is a young woman living with her divorced mother in Maine. She is beautiful, talented and creative (in sewing cosplay-type stuff), and she has OCD. In fact, she blames… Read More ›

Verify

By Axelle Heyst on October 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

Chicago around the year 2073 is not the Chicago we know today. Crime-infested, run-down areas have been cleared of blight and are models of prosperity and community involvement. The one internet provider and the one news source sanctioned by the… Read More ›