Gabrielle Bondi

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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.

Fields of Elysium Giveaway: Win a $50 Gift Card + Gift Bag!

Fields of Elysium by A.B. Whelan How can love mend a heart full of hate? Small town girl, Molly Bennett, moves to Los Angeles where she becomes an outsider while attending Beverly Hills High School. It seems life cannot be…

Book Review: ‘Spellcaster’ by Claudia Gray

I started Spellcaster right after seeing Beautiful Creatures in theaters, which also follows a story about a witch who moves into a small town. I knew it wasn’t the best idea to read something pretty similar, but time restraints and…

The 85th Academy Awards Winners – Full List

Another year and another Oscars. With new host Seth MacFarlene, it was a good show with great moments, mostly because they honored music in film. Those great moments included a tribute to the musicals Chicago, Dreamgirls and this year’s nominee…

The 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners

The 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony took place this afternoon (and will air tonight on IFC at 10p ET/PT). It’s considered the “Oscars” for independent film and is usually one of my favorite awards of the season because it…

10 Things You Might Like To Know About Sarah Dessen’s THE MOON AND MORE!

There’s no author who says “love” more than Sarah Dessen. And we don’t mean just romantic love (though she’s plenty good at that!). Sarah writes amazing, deep friendships, complex and true familial relationships, and, of course, swoony and wonderful first…

Book News: ‘Divergent 3’ Has a Description & Is Available To Pre-Order!

We’re are all looking forward to the final installment in Veronica Roth’s epic Divergent trilogy. The last book, Insurgent, totally left us hanging on a big revelation, and there’s no doubt that the yet-to-be-titled Divergent 3 will explore it further.…

Book Review: ‘Dualed’ by Elsie Chapman

As the assassins’ trend continues to emerge in YA, I hoped to find one that changes it up. When I chose to read Dualed, I had thought I found it. Here was an assassin who actually kills people for a…