Book Review: After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
Looking for a book rec for your sports loving students? I recently read (and loved) After the Shot…
by Danielle Hall January 30, 2020
Book reviews for teachers, librarians, and book sharers. Focused on Young Adult and Middle Grade Literature
Looking for a book rec for your sports loving students? I recently read (and loved) After the Shot…
by Danielle Hall January 30, 2020
With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
by Danielle Hall December 12, 2019
This week we’re chatting about Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz, a heartwarming #ownvoices tale of two…
by Danielle Hall November 21, 2019
It’s Native American History Month! How are you celebrating and honoring Native culture in your classroom? One great…
by Danielle Hall November 7, 2019
Our friend Courtney joins us to chat about A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy. It’s perfect…
by Danielle Hall October 31, 2019
Do you struggle to get students interested in nonfiction? Keep pushing! Fostering a love of reading nonfiction books…
by Danielle Hall October 24, 2019
Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
by Danielle Hall October 10, 2019
Writer & teacher L. Samantha Smith joins us to chat about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them…
by Danielle Hall September 27, 2019
Since we started the YA Cafe Podcast, we’ve gotten a lot of questions around LGBTQ middle grade novels.…
by Danielle Hall September 19, 2019
This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
by Danielle Hall September 12, 2019
BookTuber, Nikea JaLynn (cohost of the series #BlackGirlLit), joins us to chat about The Revolution of Birdie Randolph…
by Danielle Hall August 22, 2019
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
by Danielle Hall August 15, 2019
Stacey Lee does it again! The Downstairs Girl is exactly the kind of historical fiction we need right…
by Danielle Hall August 8, 2019
Project Runway meets Mulan in the new YA fantasy novel Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Joining us…
by Danielle Hall July 25, 2019
How many Asian American YA novels do you have in your classroom library? We recently read Wicked Fox,…
by Danielle Hall July 2, 2019
We are joined by Zshavette, a Pinay bookstagrammer to chat about Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay.…
by Danielle Hall June 27, 2019
From the 17th Century adventures in Lady’s Guide, to the dystopian future predicted in Internment, this list has…
by Danielle Hall June 20, 2019
This week we chat with author Justina Chen about Gilmore Girls, Firefly, and of course our featured title,…
by Danielle Hall June 13, 2019
Author/editor Jessica Spotswood joins us to chat about the blood witches and bad breakups in These Witches Don’t…
by Danielle Hall May 30, 2019
PRIDE month is almost here! Woo-hoo! In celebration, here are 21 diverse LGBTQ+ YA novels for your high…
by Danielle Hall May 14, 2019
This week we are joined once again by our friend Anna aka @never_withouta_book to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo’s…
by Danielle Hall May 9, 2019
This week we discuss an indigenous #ownvoices novel, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, and how we as…
by Danielle Hall May 2, 2019
Don’t miss this lively chat with author Natasha Deen! She shares about her life and we discuss the…
by Danielle Hall April 25, 2019
Teaching The Great Gatsby can be transportive and engaging. Students explore a whole new era (Flappers! Jazz! Speakeasies!)…
by Danielle Hall April 23, 2019
Join us this week as we chat about In the Key of Nira Ghani, the story of a…
by Danielle Hall April 18, 2019
Many students adore fantasy and sci-fi, but most of our class novel choices are contemporary or historical fiction.…
by Danielle Hall April 16, 2019
Author H.D. Hunter joins Danielle for a discussion of Trauma-Informed Teaching and YA books that touch on grief,…
by Danielle Hall April 11, 2019
It’s April so y’all know what that means: National Poetry Month! I have compiled a list below of…
by Danielle Hall April 9, 2019
A typical Muslim-American teen saves the world (with the help of her teleporting dog), in our 50th episode,…
by Danielle Hall April 4, 2019
When I took American Literature as a high schooler in 2003, we read a range of texts from…
by Danielle Hall April 2, 2019