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Hey YA Fans!
For those of you who had a long weekend, I hope you’re feeling refreshed and prepared for another weekend coming along super soon.
Let’s dive into this week’s YA book news and new books.
YA Book News
- I dug this piece about musicians who are huge Twilight fans.
- There is a super fancy edition of Stephanie Perkins’s Anna and the French Kiss coming this fall.
- Suzanne Collins reads from A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
- Surprise! There’s a new book coming in Holly Black’s The Folk of the Air series.
- July is when you can catch the second season of The Kissing Booth on Netflix.
- Thomas Low, of Lee & Low publishers, died last week.
New YA Books This Week
A * means I’ve read and recommend the book. As has been the case the last couple of months, some of the publication dates have changed, so this is as accurate as I can possibly be.
The Afterward by EK Johnston (paperback)
The Archer at Dawn by Swati Teerdhala (series)
*The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
The Bone Thief by Breeana Shields (series)
*Camp by LC Rosen
Home Home by Lisa Allen-Agostini
*Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) by LC Rosen (paperback)
The Jewel Thief by Jeannie Mobley
A Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (paperback, series)
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl (paperback)
Out Now edited by Saundra Mitchell
The Paper Girls of Paris by Jordyn Taylor
*Parachutes by Kelly Yang
The Queen’s Resistance by Rebecca Ross (paperback, series)
The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean
Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith
YA on Book Riot
- Going deep with Neal Shusterman on identity, his career, and how YA has evolved over the last few decades.
- 20 completed YA fantasy series to begin for the first time or revisit.
- Three great YA books without romance.
- Remembering Karen Blumenthal and her legacy in YA nonfiction.
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll be back in your inbox on Saturday with a roundup of excellent deals to fill up your ereader.
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.