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The book was generally well-received, including starred reviews from Booklist, [3] Publishers Weekly, [4] and School Library Journal. [5]Booklist 's Kaitlin Connor noted, "Felix's hard-fought and dramatic journey toward self-discovery will resonate with teens looking for narratives about diverse LGBTQIA characters learning to love themselves."
The book was children's book of the week in The Times and The Sunday Times, [6] [7] and won both the Overall and Younger Fiction prizes at the 2021 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. [8] It also won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, voted for by children. [9] McNicoll was nominated for the Branford Boase Award [10] and the Carnegie Medal.
Reese’s Book Club’s first ever YA pick, this summer 2020 novel has also been named A Stonewall Honor Book and a TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time. The novel centers around Liz, a teenager ...
Young adult fiction and children's literature in general have historically shown a lack of diversity, that is, a lack of books with a main character who is, for example, a person of color, from the LGBTQIA+ community, or disabled. The numbers of children's book authors have shown a similar lack of diversity. [1]
YA books are appealing to audiences for many reasons. One is their general length and brevity, making them quick, easy reads. There is also a wide range of genres explored within the YA category ...
On its release, You Should See Me in a Crown received positive reviews and temporarily sold out across various retailers. [6] Publishers Weekly included the novel in its Children's Institute 2020: Indies Introduce Debut Authors list, Forbes profiled it during Pride month 2020, and Time cited it as a fiction book that can contribute to anti-racism work through storytelling that centers Black ...
She does not consider the second or third book sequels, despite their taking place in the same universe as the first one, and she says the three books can be read in any order. [ 1 ] Vande Velde says, " Heir Apparent was a lot of fun to write because it's about a girl caught in a virtual-reality-type game.
Skippyjon Jones is a children's picture book series, written and illustrated by Judith Byron Schachner.The first book was published in 2003 by Dutton Juvenile. [1] The books are notable for their popularity amongst children, use of mock Spanish, and controversy over their representation of Latinos.