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Lilac’s birthright makes her the Queen of Renovia, and a forced marriage made her the Queen of Montrice. But being a ruler does not mean making the rules. For Lilac, taking the throne means giving up the opportunity to be with love of her life, the kingdom’s assassin, Caledon Holt.
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Hey YA Readers!
Let’s catch up on the latest in YA news and new YA books for this first week of March.
YA Book News
- Netflix adaptation news for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter with a rad directorial debut.
- What queer YA fiction has — and has not — addressed about HIV/AIDS.
- The teaser trailer for Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has dropped.
- HBO Max, which seems to be taking all of the YA adaptations as of late, just optioned Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer.
- Junauda Petrus is working on the screen adaptation of her fabulous YA novel The Stars and the Blackness Between Them.
- Love The Nightmare Before Christmas? There’s a YA novel about Sally in the works.
New YA Books This Week
Buckle up! It’s the first week of the month so there are a lot of new releases to get excited about.
Blood Countess by Lana Popovic (series, paperback)
Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small (paperback)
The Bright and the Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski (series)
The Burning by Laura Bates (paperback)
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Young Reader Edition by Jeff Chang and Dave Cook (nonfiction)
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare (series)
Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein (paperback)
Cursed by Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler (paperback)
Dark Stars by Danielle Rollins (series)
Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimura (paperback)
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Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Fly Like a Girl by Mary Jennings Hegar (paperback, nonfiction)
Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi
Game of Deception by Andrew Maraniss (paperback, nonfiction)
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Holly Jackson (series)
Havenfall by Sara Holland (paperback, series)
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas (series)
I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre (paperback)
Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera (series)
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (paperback)
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu (paperback)
The Lake by Natasha Preston (paperback)
The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson (paperback)
Most Likely by Sarah Watson (paperback)
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Once Upon a Quincenera by Monica Gomez-Hira
Phoenix Flame by Sara Holland (series)
The Queen’s Secret by Melissa de la Cruz (series)
Red Tigress by Amélie Wen Zhao (series)
Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan (paperback, series)
The Salt In Our Blood by Ava Morgyn
The Secret Life of Kitty Granger by G. D. Falksen
Singled Out by Andrew Maraniss (nonfiction)
The Stolen Kingdom by Jillian Boehme
The Survivor by Bridget Tyler (paperback, series)
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Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus (paperback)
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc edited by David Elliott (paperback)
We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai (paperback, nonfiction)
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett (paperback)
Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi
This Week at Book Riot
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- Here’s your roundup of spring YA paperback releases.
- Love Britney Spears and couldn’t get enough of the recent documentary? You’ll want to read these YA books.
- 2021 must-read YA fantasy books.
- YA books about DNA testing (and the secrets they reveal).
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday for some spectacular YA ebook deals!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.
Big thanks to Penguin Teen and The Queen’s Secret by Melissa de la Cruz for making today’s newsletter possible.
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