Con artists, sociopaths, revenge junkies…there’s nothing like following the twisted exploits of a great thriller, and it’s all the more fun when there are teens at the helm or in the hot seat. This summer is rife with all kinds of thrillers, from the high-octane to the slow-burn destructive to the psychologically twisted. Here are […]

One may need to be 18 to vote in the United States, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lots of ways for minors to get involved in politics. Whether they’re diving into that complicated world of their own volition, or thrust into it by parents with political ambitions, the teens in these books are all in the […]

This week’s most exciting releases include a southern love story, a political thriller, and a fantasy that’s catnip for book geeks. Here are the books we’d walk 500 miles down a moonlit beach for right now:

Some books benefit from being read in installments, whether you’re wrestling with ginormous page count, complex themes, or intricacies of plot or syntax. Others, however, require being gulped down in as close to one sitting as possible, with brief breaks for brewing more coffee and canceling all your plans. These books are the latter kind.

The election may be over, but the time to be a politically engaged young person is just beginning. If the state of U.S. politics has given you the itch to get out there and work toward positive change (or to become an international spy with a score to settle and a dark secret—either way), here […]