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One of the best ways an author can foreshadow or reveal information about a character is through their name. A well selected name can...

It’s fascinating how quickly someone can fall out of favor. Take John Green, for example. The young adult author experienced a huge...

After The Hunger Games trilogy finished off in 2010, it left a vacuum in the world of Young Adult fiction. Previously swamped with...

Artist: Mary GrandPré I don’t remember how old I was when I read the first Harry Potter book. More accurately, I don’t remember how old I...

I was raised Catholic, but to be honest it didn’t really stick. I’m just not really a religious person, it’s not how my brain works....

One of the big reasons I think young adult literature gets a bad rap is that for a lot of people the only exposure they have is through...

Yates, David, director. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2004. I’m taking a Gothic literature course...

Ross, Gary and Francis Lawrence, directors. The Hunger Games. Lionsgate, 2012. The Hunger Games has some pretty scathing critiques of...