Letter from the Editor // The Passed Note, Issue Seven
Here’s a tiny secret. This part, the “Letter from the Editor”, is my least favorite of being an editor-in-chief. I would so much rather…
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The Winner of Our 2018 Spring Art Contest
Congratulations to Joey Amdahl for winning our Spring Art Contest. Joey’s work will be featured in the October issue of The Passed Note. Congratulations also…
Read MoreReview: Salt and Storm
Kendall Kulper’s Salt and Storm is a romance novel so good that it kept someone who squirms during kissing scenes glued until the end….
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Why I read YA: It’s honest. Without a doubt, authors are more candid when looking back on their own youth than when trying to…
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Writing What You Know in YA
In a crowded lecture room on a Thursday evening, I furiously take notes while a YA writer discusses and presents her recently released novel….
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Review: The Radical Element Edited by Jessica Spotswood
Title: The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, & Other Dauntless Girls Editor: Jessica Spotswood Authors: Dahlia Adler, Erin Bowman, Dhonielle Clayton, Sara Farizan, Mackenzi Lee, Stacey Lee, Anna-Marie McLemore,…
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Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
While history textbooks mark the American civil rights movement with dates from half a century ago, all it takes is a glance at today’s…
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How YA Changed Me
YA literature has been an important part of my teenage life. Fantastical storylines combined with a complex exploration of sometimes overlooked teenage experiences has…
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Winter YA Reads
Because Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter, that could mean more reasons to stay indoors and read. So if you’re looking…
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Our Best YA Books of 2017
YA has always been fertile ground for stories of discovery, of courage, of challenging the status quo–all while being products of their time. That…
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