After Ant-Man: Edgar Wright to direct adaptation of Grasshopper Jungle
More insects ahead as Wright brings Andrew Smith's young-adult story, featuring 'horny, hungry' 6ft praying mantises, to the big screen
Fiction for teenagers – reviews
First love, outcasts, a road trip and a dark, dystopian future feature in this month's psychologically engaging selection, writes Geraldine Brennan
Picture books for children – reviews
A bereaved tortoise, a smelly dog and a book on crafts will keep kids busy through the summer months, writes Kate Kellaway
Comic-Con 2014: authors flourish in spotlight as Young Adult genre grows up
From panels to the autograph area, Comic-Con 2014 is filled with successful writers who started out as fans
Britain’s first Young Adult Literature Convention – report
A universe of superheroes, doctors, Jedis and wizards - Megan Quibell gives the lowdown on the UK's fantastical celebration of young adult fiction
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo – review
ItWasLovelyReadingYou: 'You managed to make me laugh, cry, hyperventilate, cry some more, smile, laugh, crumple into a ball (rather like the tissue I had clutched in my fist)…'
What are the best books for gamers?
How can I survive the summer without Skyrim and Assassin's Creed? The Book Doctor recommends great fantasy books for the beach to a game obsessed 12-year-old
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo – review
Laura137: 'The character development in this book is phenomenal. The characters, to me, are real, they feel real. They are so human: the heroes and heroines can do bad things, just as the evil guys can do good things'
Harry Potter joins Wendy in adult-land
John Dugdale: JK Rowling has offered readers a glimpse of the boy wizard on the cusp of turning 34, but she is far from the first author to return to a young character once they've grown up
Natasha Farrant’s screenwriting tips plus win a video camera!
Are you interested in telling stories through film and videos? The author of the Diaries of Bluebell Gadsby has pulled together these brilliant tips. Put them into practice and you could win a brand new HD camcorder!
David Walliams and Quentin Blake: how we made The Boy in the Dress
David Walliams, writer: 'I didn't want to start using the word transvestite in a book for eight-year-olds'
Appreciation: Mary Rodgers’s Freaky Friday made adolescence seem cool
Despite its 1970s setting, Freaky Friday has continued to entertain readers into the 21st century
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke – review
El Camino Academy 6th Grade: 'You can feel the Inkworld!'
Why should young people find out about the first world war?
Ex-war reporter turned children's writer Rowena House has witnessed the horrors of conflict first hand, but nothing shocked her as much as reading Wilfred Owen's poetry when she was at school
Classic books fly off the shelves and on to the streets
As titles from Alice Through the Looking-Glass to The Cat in the Hat are remade as public sculptures, author Mal Peet celebrates the joy of a paperback on a park bench