Gabrielle Bondi

Co-Founder

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Winners of our TYF May Giveaway!

After a month of tallying up all the entries, we have the 4 winners of our giveaway! Congrats to @bbowersofficial, @_HeatherTerry, @ZombieCupcake90, and @KatiSoph! The winners will  each get a randomly selected amount of giveaway prizes! Thanks to everyone who…

Book Review: “Beauty Queens” offers up great laughs, adventure & lots of girl power!

I first heard about Beauty Queens at book signing a couple months ago. David Levithan, one of my all-time favorite authors, is also an editor for the young adult division at Scholastic. He was talking about how he and another…

Film Review: ‘Midnight in Paris’ is truly magical.

There’s so much I want to say about Midnight in Paris, but I can’t. I have no idea where to start, other than saying this review will be completely free of spoilers. You can read the whole thing and not…

Listen to Episode 6 of our TYF Podcast!

Happy (early) Memorial Day, young folks! Listen and download the latest episode of our podcast!   You can download the episode here or subscribe on iTunes below!   Some of what we discussed this week includes: Hunger Games news, the…

Concert Review: ADELE is phenomenal live!

I first discovered Adele a few years ago when I saw her on VH1 promoting her first album, 19. Since then, I’ve been a huge fan of her music. She’s on tour now to promote her second album, 21. (Click…

Book News: ‘Clockwork Prince’ Cover Reveal!

Check out the Clockwork Prince cover below! Clockwork Prince is the second book in Cassandra Clare’s bestselling trilogy The Infernal Devices. You can read our review of the first Infernal Devices book, Clockwork Angel, here. Also, The Infernal Devices trilogy is…

Billboard Music Awards 2011: Winners & Our Thoughts

Last night, the 2011 Billboard Music Awards aired live on ABC. Billboard awards the top selling and most listened-to artists of the past year. So, it’s not surprise that artists like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift walked away with a…