Emma Carbone
Emma Carbone is a librarian in Brooklyn. She has been blogging about books since 2007 at Miss Print. When she isn’t reading, you can find her baking, crocheting, or exploring local museums.
18 entries by Emma Carbone
Artifice
By Sharon Cameron
A Dutch teen risks her life selling forged art to the Nazis.
The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Henry Herz
This inventive collection conjures the Nobel winner’s younger days.
Edited
By Barry Lyga
A clever though largely unsatisfying meta tale.
The First Thing About You
By Chaz Hayden
A teen confronts ableism — and seeks reinvention — at his new school.
Seton Girls
By Charlene Thomas
Gridiron fame obscures the sinister side of an elite high school.
A Forgery of Roses
By Jessica S. Olson
A young artist must hide her resurrective gifts or risk exposure — or worse.
Ferryman
By Claire McFall
A newly dead teen falls for the strange young man guiding her to the afterlife.
The Heartbreak Bakery
By A.R. Capetta
An agender teen’s delicious Breakup Brownies accidentally work too well.
Baby & Solo
By Lisabeth Posthuma
A likable, “almost Normal” teen finds camaraderie in a 1990s video store.
All Our Hidden Gifts
By Caroline O’Donoghue
Did a mysterious tarot card prompt the disappearance of an Irish teen’s former friend?
Amber & Clay
By Laura Amy Schlitz
The gods direct the action in this story-in-verse about two very different children thrown together in ancient Greece.
The Scapegracers
By Hannah Abigail Clarke
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This smart, feminist Halloween tale would make a great read any time of year.
Tigers, Not Daughters
By Samantha Mabry
Four sisters — three living, one dead — struggle to resist the men who repeatedly fail them.
With the Fire on High
By Elizabeth Acevedo
A strong, independent teenage mom learns to ask for help when she needs it.
The Vanishing Stair
By Maureen Johnson
There’s murder afoot at a quirky New England boarding school.
You Are the Everything
By Karen Rivers
A wish to change everything comes true, in terrible fashion.
A Room Away From the Wolves
By Nova Ren Suma
Inside a mysterious Manhattan boardinghouse, a flawed teen learns to embrace her truth.
Tell Me No Lies
By Adele Griffin
The late 1980s come to life in this detail-rich tale of a teenager’s journey of self-discovery.