Hey YA Readers! Let’s catch up on all things YA book talk.
“What’s Up in YA?” is sponsored by Penguin Teen.
Seventeen-year-old Keralie may seem harmless, but she’s, one of Quadara’s most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, is an honest, upstanding citizen of Quadara’s most enlightened region, Eonia. They both find themselves entangled in a conspiracy that leaves all four of Quadara’s queens dead. The two decide to join forces to discover who has killed the queens and save their own lives. When their reluctant partnership blooms into a tenuous romance, they must overcome their own dark secrets in hopes of a future together. But first they have to stay alive and untangle the secrets behind the nation’s four dead queens.
February may be a short month, but does it feel like the longest month to anyone else? Let’s start to wrap up these year-long 28-days with a look back at some of the YA talk we’ve had on Book Riot.
- You’ll be adding these 2019 bisexual YA books to your TBR so fast.
- Check out the 50 states of YA fiction: one book for each state.
- Over 50 must-read YA nonfiction books.
- Enjoy some YA Jane Austen retellings.
- Check out some of these gorgeous YA book cover makeovers. This list isn’t all YA, but there are great ones on there.
- Diverse YA historical fiction reads.
- 9 dark YA fantasy novels.
- Anne of Green Gables is turning into a ballet, and we’ve got some ideas of other books — including YA titles — that’d make for great ballets.
- We’ve got an interview with Gita Trelease about her new book EnchantĂ©e.
- Speaking of interviews, we’ve also got one with Katie McGarry.
- Continue with this interview with Tanaz Bhathena on her new novel The Beauty of the Moment.
- Dig into the winners of the first annual Summer Scares horror honor, including a slate of great YA titles (disclosure: I chaired that committee, and these three titles rock).
- Love the enemies-to-lovers trope in your romance reads? Here are some YA titles that fit the bill.
- These YA books pair well with your favorite snack.
- Don’t miss the trailer for The Sun Is Also A Star.
- Have you read any of these underrated YA books?
- An excellent piece on the interfaith message of Katie Henry’s book Heretics Anonymous. Eric and I talked a little bit about this book — specifically its cover — on the latest Hey YA episode.
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Recent Book Mail
Take a peek at the recent titles that have hit my inbox. Listed from top to bottom:
If You’re Out There by Katy Loutzenhiser
Chicken Girl by Heather Smith
This Book Is Not Yet Rated by Peter Bognanni
The Art of Breaking Things by Laura Sibson
Fly Girls by Keith O’Brien
The Art of Losing by Lizzy Mason
We Are The Perfect Girl by Ariel Kaplan
Immoral Code by Lillian Clark
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren
No One Here Is Lonely by Sarah Everett
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (paperback)
Girl Mogul: Dream It, Do It, Change The World by Tiffany Pham
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Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you later this week with a fabulous interview.
— Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars on Instagram and editor of (Don’t) Call Me Crazy and Here We Are.