Hearts can break over so many things, it makes them seem awfully fragile. They can break over losing love, or never having enough to begin with. Grief cracks them wide open. Thwarted ambition can do some damage, too. With as much of a beat-up as these poor organs yet, it’s no wonder YA lit is […]
We’ve all thought about it, one time or another: the great “What If?” What if we packed our bags and took the next train to Anywhere But Here? What if we could leave our troubles behind us and make new friends, find new loves, and hope that these new relationships would erase the pain of […]
For all the learning we do during the school year, summer is the season of greatest growth—simply because it’s so unstructured and unsupervised. Sure, there are the timeworn rituals of sleepaway camp family road trips, but those just give summer breakers a chance to meet people from other walks of life. In short, summer can change your life: You might meet […]
Summer reading is a standing part of a school’s curriculum, but what prepares you for class in the fall doesn’t necessarily prepare you for, well, anything else. College is a whole different animal from high school, and if you really want some reading to help you prep for new people, new living situations, new emotions, […]
