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Seventeen-year-old Joel Teague has a new prescription from his therapist—a part-time job—the first step toward the elusive Normal life he’s been so desperate to live ever since The Bad Thing happened. Lucky for Joel, ROYO Video is hiring. It’s the perfect fresh start—Joel even gets a new name. Dubbed “Solo” after his favorite Star Wars character, Joel works his way up the not-so-corporate ladder without anyone suspecting What Was Wrong With Him. That is, until he befriends Nicole “Baby” Palmer, a smart-mouthed coworker with a chip on her shoulder about . . . well, everything.
Hey YA friends!
It’s finally starting to look sunny and warn here in Michigan, and now that I’m fully vaccinated, I am excited to head to the park and hang my reading hammock without worry! Fingers crossed the weather holds! It’s a light news week, but there’s plenty of YA goodness hitting shelves this week. Let’s dive in!
News
Books for Hope, a charity auction organized by YA writers, raised over $50,000 for COVID relief in India. The auction may be over, but you can still help.
Sarah J. Maas announced the title and release date of her next book!
HarperCollins has purchased Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Alice Oseman has won the YA Book Prize for Loveless.
Did you read and love Panic by Lauren Oliver? Now you can look forward to the new Amazon Prime TV series, which drops in a few weeks, and a spin-off series from Audible voiced by the actors in the show.
Read an excerpt of Sarah Kuhn’s new novel, From Little Tokyo, With Love.
New Books
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Baby and Solo by Lisabeth Posthuma
The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan and Hilary Beard
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
Every Body Shines edited by Cassandra Newbould
Fix by J. Albert Mann
From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn
Illusionary by Zoraida Cordóva
Lucky Girl by Jamie Pactor
Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize by Margo Rabb
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
Switch by A.S. King
Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
New in Paperback
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Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves
The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
Just a Boy and a Canoe in a Little Canoe by Sarah Mlynowksi
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Say Yes Summer by Lindsey Roth Culli
Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano
What Makes Us by Rafi Mittlefehldt
On Book Riot
Read about some upcoming dystopian and post-apocalyptic YA novels!
Hannah and I talk about multigenerational YA!
Essential May YA releases to TBR.
Go traveling with some YA novels set in hotels and resorts!
Happy reading!
Tirzah
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