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Out of the Abyss: John Green Inspires at “An Evening of Awesome”
John Green and Neil Gaiman at “An Evening of Awesome” at Carnegie Hall on January 15. By Jason Seligson “Books jump into the abyss with you where you are.” This is the power of story. On January 15,...
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The Dystopian World of Divergent
By Jason Seligson Imagine a world where one quality defines you. This attribute dictates your entire life—from the day you’re born until the day you turn sixteen. Only then can you decide—who am I...
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The Perks of Being Spectacular
Logan Lerman as Charlie from ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower.’ Charlie from Stephen Chbosky’s ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ is one of my favorite YA protagonists of all time. The book and film...
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YA Book Corner: ‘Noggin’ by John Corey Whaley
By Jason Seligson Noggin, much like author John Corey Whaley’s first novel, Where Things Come Back, is a lot of things: it’s a work of absurdist fiction, a contemporary YA coming-of-age story, and a...
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YA Corner: Grasshopper Jungle
By Jason Seligson Andrew Smith’s Grasshopper Jungle is a story unlike anything I’ve ever read, and totally impossible to categorize. I know I enjoyed it a great deal, but I’ve struggled to come up...
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Me & Earl & the Dying Girls
The cast of ‘Me Earl & the Dying Girl’ gathered for its premiere at Sundance. By Jason Seligson Me & Earl & the Dying Girl, a film, based on the novel of the same name, premiered to rave...
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From ‘The Fifth Wave’ to ‘The Infinite Sea’
‘The 5th Wave’ sets up Rick Yancey’s Trilogy, but ‘The Infinite Sea’ feels like the superior book. By Jason Seligson When Rick Yancey’s brand new sci-fi series, The Fifth Wave, was released, I rushed...
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YA Corner: The Porcupine of Truth
By Jason Seligson It’s fitting that I both started and finished Bill Konigsberg’s The Porcupine of Truth in a car. So much of the book is about getting behind the wheel and taking an unexpected...
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