34 YA Novels With A POC Protagonist You Have To Read

Add more color to your shelf with these YA novels. Zakiya Jamal for BuzzFeed Monster by Walter Dean Myers Steve Harmon is a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Written in the form of a screenplay by Steve, along with some of his journal entries, this novel tells the story of how one decision could change someone's whole life. HarperCollins The Young Elites by...

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Eli Horowitz Wants To Teach You How To Read

It’s an exquisite Indian-summer day in the woods near the Russian River, 90 minutes north of San Francisco, and Eli Horowitz wants to show me his grow room. It’s not a real grow room, inasmuch as there’s no marijuana inside — even though the leftover wiring from the previous owners strongly indicates that there once was. But he’s transformed this room, in the basement of one...

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27 Gifts Every Book Lover Should Ask For This Year

In addition to all the books, of course. The perfect home for your flask. Get it here. uncommongoods.com A waterproof book cover. For bath time, pool time, and ocean time. japantrendshop.com A candle that smells like old books. Get it here. etsy.com This mug showcasing the famous cats of literature. Get it here. theliterarygiftcompany.com View Entire List ...

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What You Probably Never Knew About "Twilight"

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke shares its secrets. No one wanted to adapt Twilight, the first in the series of Stephenie Meyers' vampire novels. Summit Entertainment "Every studio rejected that movie," Catherine Hardwicke recently told BuzzFeed News. "Paramount put it into turnaround, Fox didn't want it — nobody wanted that movie,...

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Sorry Guys, HBO Just Confirmed That Neil Nitin Mukesh Isn't Going To Be In "Game Of Thrones"

You actually have to be allowed to play the Game of Thrones, to win or die. Last week, the Indian Internet went into a frenzy when actor Neil Nitin Mukesh announced that he was offered a role in the sixth season of Game Of Thrones. Via Facebook: NeilNMukesh Mukesh said that while filming action sequences for an upcoming movie, global stunt director Greg Powell was impressed...

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11 Beautiful Sentences In Literature (Read By LeVar Burton)

Yes! That’s the guy from Reading Rainbow! BuzzFeed Video / Via youtube.co...

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If Young Adult Novels Had Honest Titles

They’re more honest than a Judy Bloom novel. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Charlotte Gomez for BuzzFeed / Via Signet Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Charlotte Gomez for BuzzFeed / Via Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Charlotte Gomez for BuzzFeed / Via Yearling Books Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer Charlotte...

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