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: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

Revisiting parts of the Percy Jackson universe these past months as part of the Percy Pack has been fun. I first picked up Percy Jackson when I was a college freshman, and his adventure resonated with me even though he…

TV News: Watch the New Marvel’s Jessica Jones Trailer

A new trailer for Marvel’s Jessica Jones debuted this morning. While the first full-length trailer focused on Jessica’s (Krysten Ritter) ominous and dangerous connection to David Tennant’s Kilgrave, this new trailer showcases more of Jessica’s work life, friendships, and romantic entanglements.…

‘Zodiac’ by Romina Russell: Fictional Characters Who Share the Aries Sign

With the paperback release of Zodiac by Romina Russell out today, I’d thought it would be fun to take a look at my zodiac sign and find out which other fictional characters share the same one as me. Zodiac follows…

TV Review: Jane the Virgin Chapter Twenty-Four

Welcome back to The Young Folks’ Jane the Virgin Season 2 coverage! Click here to read our previous coverage of the series. Team Michael vs. Team Rafael is back in this week’s new episode of Jane the Virgin. While it was…

Chicago & Florida Giveaway: Win tickets to ‘Ed Sheeran: Jumpers For Goalposts’ Concert Event!

We were thinking out load and thought it would cool to give away some tickets to Ed Sheeran’s new live concert documentary! Fathom Events and ScreenLive are bringing Ed Sheeran: Jumpers for Goalposts to the big screen for a special four-day…

Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Goosebumps’ Unleashes R.L. Stine’s Monsters

The most surprising thing about Goosebumps is that it’s a pretty enjoyable movie. That could seem like a damning thing to say about a horror film of all things; however, knowing Goosebumps, a transition to the big screen could be…

‘A Song for Ella Grey’ Q&A with Author David Almond

   David Almond’s new novel, A Song for Ella Grey, released earlier this week. It’s a vivid and enchanting story based on the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Despite being a modern re-telling, there is a timeless feel in…