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Hey YA Readers!
I want to try something a little different with Thursday editions of the newsletter. Rather than do an inconsistent roundup of YA book news, I’d like to offer it up weekly. In addition, I’ll highlight some of the week’s new YA book releases — they’ll be listed and linked, so I can offer more than just a couple with descriptions at a time — as well as what we were talking about over on Book Riot when it comes to YA. Think of it as your one-stop shop for staying on top of YA news and books weekly. I’ve been asked for it, and I’m so happy to deliver.
Let’s dive in!
This Week’s YA News and Talk
It shouldn’t be a surprise we’re pretty light here this week, given the holidays. I suspect YA news will really ramp up soon.
- So many YA adaptations will hit the big and small screens this year.
- Librarians selected a big and fantastic list of best comics for teens from 2019.
- There’s a writer attached to the adaptation of Angie Thomas’s On The Come Up.
- Gorgeous book covers for Scholastic’s Fall 2020 titles.
- The de-colonization of Miles Morales.
- The play Almost, Maine, will be hitting shelves as a YA book.
This Week’s YA New Book Releases
January 7 was a huge book release day, so don’t miss out on some of these fabulous books. Books with a “*” are ones I’ve read and recommend.
All The Days Past, All The Days To Come by Mildred D. Taylor (the final in the Logan Family series)
*Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi (in paperback)
Chosen by Kiersten White (sequel to Slayer)
Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson
*Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillippe (in paperback)
Flowers in the Gutter by KR Grady (YA nonfiction)
Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz
The Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda
A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison
*Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wei
The Map From Here To There by Emery Lord
The Night Country by Melissa Albert (Sequel to The Hazel Wood)
One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Katherine Webber
The PLAIN Janes by Cecil Castellucci (A repackaged and expanded classic in YA comics)
Scavenge The Stars by Tara Sim
Shadowshaper Legacy by DJ Older (The conclusion to the series)
Stolen Justice by Lawrence Goldstone (YA nonfiction)
Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley (Verse novel)
*We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
This Week at Book Riot
…Plus a few from the last couple of weeks.
- 175+ new YA books you’ll be seeing on shelves this winter.
- Over 50 YA books featuring queer girls hitting shelves this year.
- Some UK YA for the 2020 TBR.
- Harry Potter Duvet Covers.
- These are the books teens want you to read.
- Great graphic memoirs for young readers.
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday with some excellent YA ebook deals. Prepare your wallet!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of (Don’t) Call Me Crazy and Here We Are.