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: ‘Our Song’ by Jordanna Fraiberg

For a long time, I avoided many contemporary YA reads because I often found that they couldn’t nail an even or realistic tone when it comes to real life issues and drama. But lately, I ventured back in contemporary YA,…

Book Review: ‘Parallel’ by Lauren Miller

I always appreciate an ambitious work of art. Even if it wasn’t totally what I hoped for, I appreciate the risk. When I read the premise for Parallel by Lauren Miller, it seemed ambitious, but I was intrigued and hopeful.…

C2E2 2013: Cosplay, R.L. Stine, Game of Thrones & More!

This year’s Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo has come and gone. Compared to last year, the event seemed smaller and downgraded a bit. The focus on comic was stronger than ever, but the entertainment aspect felt a little lacking. Comic…

The Summer of Gatsby Giveaway: Win Movie Prize Packs!

Clearly, we are very excited for Baz Luhrmann’s new film, The Great Gatsby. We have highlighted the incredible songs from the movie’s soundtrack, cool stills and behind the scenes images. This movie looks to be amazing! We can’t wait to…

Book Review: ‘Firecracker’ by David Iserson

I can’t remember the last time a book made me laugh this much. So much that I couldn’t tone it down to a little giggle, but just plain full out laughter… in public where everyone could see me and assume…

New Images from ‘The Great Gatsby’

Today, Warner Bros. releases a slew of new stills and Behind the Scenes images from Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming film, The Great Gatsby. The past week we posted some of the tracks from what seems to be an amazing soundtrack. Click…

Watch the C2E2 Official Live Stream!

This weekend we’ll be covering the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place. we’ll be updating with the latest happenings at C2E2 all weekend long here and on our social networks. (Click to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr,…