It has been a very public sort of secret that most of the Young Adult books today are set in some version of the United States, and that most of the authors of said books are, unsurprisingly, American citizens. Abiding by the old "write what you know" adage, these authors do their utmost to celebrate the hi…

Let's shake off the Monday blues and get our book talk on! This week we're going to grab our passports and head abroad to our favorite settings in books. We've all read a book and sighed in sadness that we're not there. Authors have a way with words that make you feel like you're really there but…