/tags/young-adult-novel Young Adult Novel en-US Copyright Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:29:03 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-12/forget-hogwarts-author-tracy-deonn-uncovers-magic-and-darkness-at-unc-chapel-hill Bree Matthews is a 16-year-old girl with a desire to separate herself from her old life after her mother’s passing. While attending a residential program… Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:29:03 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-12/forget-hogwarts-author-tracy-deonn-uncovers-magic-and-darkness-at-unc-chapel-hill Elikem Dodor, Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2020-08-07/surviving-hiroshima-a-hibakushas-story-is-told-by-her-daughter Seventy-five years ago this week, the United States bombed two Japanese cities with nuclear weapons. The United States detonated the first atomic bomb… Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:40:24 GMT /arts-culture/2020-08-07/surviving-hiroshima-a-hibakushas-story-is-told-by-her-daughter Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/something-like-gravity-celebrates-the-healing-power-of-love In the new young adult novel “Something Like Gravity” (Margaret K. McElderry Books/2019), author Amber Smith approaches the classic theme of first love,… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:32:56 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/something-like-gravity-celebrates-the-healing-power-of-love Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2019-07-16/something-like-gravity-celebrates-the-healing-power-of-love In the new young adult novel “Something Like Gravity” (Margaret K. McElderry Books/2019), author Amber Smith approaches the classic theme of first love,… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:32:56 GMT /arts-culture/2019-07-16/something-like-gravity-celebrates-the-healing-power-of-love Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-09/nc-author-takes-on-addiction-class-and-identity-in-new-young-adult-novel North Carolina native and author Sarah Dessen reads the obituaries in The ����app & Observer every day. Over the last few years she noticed more young people… Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:22:06 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-09/nc-author-takes-on-addiction-class-and-identity-in-new-young-adult-novel Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2019-07-09/nc-author-takes-on-addiction-class-and-identity-in-new-young-adult-novel North Carolina native and author Sarah Dessen reads the obituaries in The ����app & Observer every day. Over the last few years she noticed more young people… Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:22:06 GMT /arts-culture/2019-07-09/nc-author-takes-on-addiction-class-and-identity-in-new-young-adult-novel Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future What if the United States built walls along its borders with Mexico and Canada? That is the premise of a new, young adult dystopian novel that imagines… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:10:29 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future What if the United States built walls along its borders with Mexico and Canada? That is the premise of a new, young adult dystopian novel that imagines… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:10:29 GMT /arts-culture/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-27/durham-teacher-writes-scifi-novel-his-students-can-relate-to Scott Reintgen knew many of his students at Jordan High School in Durham loved reading science fiction and fantasy novels, and he wanted to encourage… Wed, 27 Sep 2017 16:14:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-27/durham-teacher-writes-scifi-novel-his-students-can-relate-to Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-09-27/durham-teacher-writes-scifi-novel-his-students-can-relate-to Scott Reintgen knew many of his students at Jordan High School in Durham loved reading science fiction and fantasy novels, and he wanted to encourage… Wed, 27 Sep 2017 16:14:12 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-27/durham-teacher-writes-scifi-novel-his-students-can-relate-to Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio