Alaa Al-Barkawi
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Alaa is an aspiring YA and MG fiction writer. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah where she studies English, sociology, and film at Westminster College. Additionally, she eats too much chocolate and wears a head scarf. You can follow her on Twitter @Barks4Books or give her a shoutout at alaa@theyoungfolks.com.

Book Review: Noggin by John Corey Whaley

Listen — Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn’t. Now he’s alive again. Simple as that. The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but he can tell you that, at some point or another, his head…

The Best Books of 2014 (So Far)

  [tps_header][/tps_header][tps_title][/tps_title][tps_footer][/tps_footer]   You may still be catching up on all the great reads of 2013, but here at TYF we decided to compile a list of the best books 2014 has had to offer (so far).  Are some of…

Book Review: What We Hide by Marthe Joceyln

Americans Jenny and her brother, Tom, are off to England: Tom to university, to dodge the Vietnam draft, Jenny to be the new girl at a boarding school, Illington Hall. This is Jenny’s chance to finally stand out, so accidentally,…

Book Review: A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier

For Cleo Berry, the people dying of the Spanish Influenza in cities like New York and Philadelphia may as well be in another country–that’s how far away they feel from the safety of Portland, Oregon. And then cases start being…