The Paladin Prophecy Themes

Good vs. evil is a tale as old as time. Yes, even older than Beauty and the Beast, which isn't about good and evil at all. Very misleading, Disney.One of the most popular good vs. evil narratives i...

We credit Harry Potter and Twilight with popularizing supernatural elements in young-adult novels. Both of these books would be pretty darn boring without the magic and mayhem within them. One of t...

If you want to enter another reality, all you have to do today is strap on your Oculus Rift and enter the virtual experience of your choice. Before high-tech virtual reality was a thing, books were...

We all know the national anthem of the United States, or at least the parts about rockets and bombs. These days it can seem like people are a little power hungry. Either they want it, or they alrea...

If you've seen the show Community, you know how being in a school together can bring even the unlikeliest weirdoes together into a tight-knit friendship. Heck, "community" is in the name of "commun...

The Friends theme song taught us that friends will be there for you when the rain starts to pour. They've been there before. And you'll be there for them, too. Well, in The Paladin Prophecy, Will d...

It's part of the young adult code that our protagonist must come from a broken family. We've noticed a trend: it's pretty much required in get-under-your-skin YA fiction that parents must be a) ter...

In the 90s, Nickelodeon launched a teen soap opera. In Canada, it was known as Hillside, but in the United States, it was called Fifteen—because Nickelodeon knew what a tumultuous age fifteen is....

High school is one time when the competitive spirit really shines. There are tons of sports and activities around that allow you to prove your mettle, from wrestling, football, and track to chess,...