Hey YA readers: Let’s catch up on the latest news.
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Here’s what is happening in the world of YA!
- Originally pulled from its original publication date, Blood Heir will be published this fall.
- YA author and comic creator Cecil Castellucci will be publishing a memoir. If you didn’t know already, her classic Plain Janes will be getting republished and repackaged this year, too.
- The Impossible Fortress has been optioned for Netflix.
- Holly Black’s next novel in the “Folks of the Air” series has a new release date — you can get The Queen of Nothing this year, not next.
- An update on the Mackenzi Lee Loki novel from Marvel. Oh, and here’s the cover.
- Speaking of covers, I’m sold on the next Anna-Marie McLemore book by the cover alone and fortunately, the book sounds as great as it looks.
- There’s a Twilight concert tour happening.
- If you haven’t already read Juliet Takes A Breath, you’ll want to make sure you pick it up when it’s republished.
- The Sun Is Also A Star film is coming!
- In anticipation of The Rise of Skywalker, there is a new Star Wars YA novel in the works.
- There is a lot in this study that needs to be looked at and it’s a correlational result, but there’s been an increase in teen suicides in the time following the release of 13 Reasons Why on Netflix.
- Want to spend the night in Hagrid’s Hut? This one’s a possibility, Potterheads.
- Of course, don’t forget you can score your free YA audiobooks this week with AudiobookSync.
I wish I used pencils because I am obsessed with these. $15 for the entire set.
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you again next week. There’s a really great guest coming to talk about her latest rom-com and the power of the genre.
— Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars on Instagram and editor of (Don’t) Call Me Crazy and Here We Are.