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Hey Hey Hey YA Readers!
Let’s dive on in to this week’s biggest YA news and new YA books. Again: a quieter week on the news front but not-so-quiet on the new releases side of things.
YA Book News
- Angie Thomas on writing Concrete Rose and The Hate U Give.
- Mark your calendar for March 3. That’s when the adaptation of Jennifer Mathieu’s Moxie hits Netflix.
- Speaking of Netflix, here’s a preview of a bunch of shows in the works, including a number of YA adaptations. Of note: this is from a UK site and Netflix UK work doesn’t always cross over to the US or Canada.
- January 25 is when the Youth Media Awards — all of this big awards are given to the previous year’s books — will be live streamed. Details and how to tune in.
New YA Books
A veritable treasure trove of great new reads hit shelves this week.
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Young Reader Edition
The Broken Raven by Joseph Elliott (series)
Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne
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Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
The Conference of Birds by Ransom Riggs (paperback, series)
Curse of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen (paperback, series)
Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent
Girl On The Ferris Wheel by Julie Halpern and Len Vlahos
Girls Like Us by Randi Pink (paperback)
Into The Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Lucky Caller by Emma Mills (paperback)
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The Meet-Cute Project by Rhiannon Richardson
The Night Country by Melissa Albert (paperback, series)
Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart (paperback)
Sightwitch by Susan Dennard (paperback, series)
Soul of Cinder by Bree Barton (series)
Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley (paperback)
YA Book Talk on Book Riot
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- If book cover design is your jam, here are over 40 artists and designers of YA book covers to follow on Instagram.
- Outstanding #OwnVoices Black YA books that aren’t about Black pain.
- Plop these January YA releases on your TBR if you haven’t already.
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If you love Holly Black’s “Cruel Prince” series, here’s a really fun sticker to show off your love of the books. $3.
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you again on Monday!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.