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.

Book Review: ‘Dark Eyes’ by William Richter

When I hear a novel is being pegged as the YA genre’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you know I immediately had that downloaded on my Kindle. If you followed our site last year, you probably already have an…

Full List of Nominees for The 2012 Teen Choice Awards!

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards nominees are out! The Vampire Diaries and American Idol take the lead with the most TV nominations. Breaking Dawn, The Hunger Games and The Avengers have a big presence in the movie categories. They also…

Book Review: ‘Pretty Amy’ by Lisa Burstein

When it comes to the YA genre, I am hardly ever taken by surprise. I could usually determine what kind of story and how it will go a couple pages in. With Pretty Amy, even before opening it, I thought…

Film Review: BATTLESHIP, starring Taylor Kitsch & Rihanna

Movies based off toys aren’t really my forte. While I did enjoy the first Transformers movie to an extent, it wasn’t enough to warrant any other subsequent viewings. After three Transformers movies, we now have Battleship, based off the popular…

TV News: Demi Lovato & Britney Spears Join ‘The X-Factor’

We heard earlier that Britney Spears locked-in a deal to be a Season 2 judge on Simon Cowell’s music talent competition show, The X-Factor. Well, now we’re hearing that Demi Lovato will the be joining Simon and Britney as a…

Book Review: ‘City of Lost Souls’, Book 5 in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments Series

*sigh* With every review I write for a new Cassandra Clare book, it really just becomes more of a rant. This time I’m talking about the latest book in The Mortal Instruments series, City of Lost Souls. Originally, The Mortal…

Book Review: ‘The Selection’ by Kiera Cass

In the YA community, Kiera Cass’ new book, The Selection, has been buzzing for a while, especially after The CW picked up the rights to adapt it into a TV show. So of course, I was curious. The CW’s answer…