His Dark Materials: A Bold Imagination
Ruby McDonald-Bridge shares her love of Philip Pullman's world with us at The Sapling, during the week of the release of La Belle...
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Book List: Queer & Trans Books for Schools
Young adults who are part of gender or sexual minorities may be in need of extra support in school environments. We asked School Library...
Book Reviews: Beautiful Mess & Broken Silence
If there is a trend right now in YA publishing, it has to be toward gritty teen drama, usually including the death of somebody close and...
Dare Truth or Promise, Twenty Years On
Today we say 'Happy Birthday!' to Paula Boock's ground-breaking novel for young adults, Dare Truth or Promise, published on this day,...
Te Atea: ko tenei te wa: Kristin Smith
Ko tēnei Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Today we have a love letter to Te Ātea, a futuristic Young Adult story about a nuclear holocaust and...
Hooked on NZ Books: Eirlys Hunter on YA
New Zealand Young Adult fiction is as good as any in the world. So why doesn't it have a higher profile with young readers in Aotearoa,...
The Sampling: The Traitor and the Thief
An excerpt from Gareth Ward's debut steampunk adventure novel and winner of the 2016 Storylines Tessa Duder Award, The Traitor and the...
Book List: Local YA as good as the internationals
I’ve long maintained that our Young Adult authors are world class. But I’ve frequently heard that teens have a touch of what our adults...
The Sampling: an excerpt from Moon Boy
Kat and Eru are new in town and trying to find their way. Not easy when her mum’s in a relationship with his mum, and he’s not your usual...
The Sampling: an excerpt from Pieces of You
An excerpt from Eileen Merriman's Pieces of You, a Young Adult novel centred on Rebecca, a teen who is the victim of a sexual assault...
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