Some stories don’t just hang around on a bookshelf. They pull readers in. They blur the line between reality and imagination.

To protect the family’s captivating adult son and his young sister from a dark fate – and from vanishing into the fairy world forever – Jane has to rely on her own magical abilities. Both books fall ...

One can only hope that teen readers remember this lesson in comparative advantage should they ever find themselves in the White House.

Don’t let anybody tell you that young-adult books are easy to write. YA is a huge challenge, for exactly the same reason that it’s become so overwhelmingly popular among teens and many adults.