Farmingdale Library Teens

  While I love a good movie adaptation, I have been living for all of the YA books turned into TV series — you get all of the book-to-screen magic, but with multiple episodes, fully developed storyline storylines, and exciting new spins! Plus, TV shows are (in my humble opinion) a much better format for longer book series or plot-driven books because you get more room to explore and play with plot and character…even if they are at greater risk for not getting renewed. I mean, think about how much better the adaptations of   Twilight   or   The Hunger Games   could have been if they’d been given the space to be adapted into series rather than films. No messy breaking one book into two awkwardly paced films, or readers complaining about cutting out entire storylines. TV series, if done right, allow you to really relish in the character development, and some of the better ones also allow TV producers to flesh out the book’s world in exciting and interesting ways, a...

I s the scent of pumpkin spice hitting the air near you yet? If not, it should be soon as the Northern Hemisphere begins to make its way toward autumn. Along with changing leaves, cozy sweaters, and crisp air, fall makes for the perfect season to curl up with a hot beverage and a YA paperback book. We’re in for a wealth of incredible fall 2021 YA paperbacks, too. Find below a roundup of some of the most exciting YA paperbacks hitting shelves this spring. Because publication dates can shift — and many have because of COVID-19 — these are as current as can be expected. Some of these books are paperback originals, meaning they’ll only ever release in paperback, while others are first releases in paperback of books that have already been published in hardcover. I’ve stuck to first books in a series only, so know there are additional paperback releases of series books that are not the start of those series. First titles in a series are marked with a *. You’ll find something of every genre i...