Hey, YA Readers!
I don’t know about you, but I cannot believe it is May. May feels like the gateway to summer, and I, for one, am looking forward to my first wide-open summer without many responsibilities in years. There will, of course, be a LOT of reading happening in the hammock.
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Today, let’s peep the new paperback YA releases hitting shelves and catch up on the latest in YA news.
Bookish Goods
Ghost Library Card Pin by AshaLines
I’ve seen many a cute library card enamel pin, but I have yet to see one of a ghost holding its pet froggy. This is the cutest dang pin. $14.
New Releases
Dive into this week’s full slate of YA paperback releases over here. As always, you might need to toggle your view to see the paperback edition.
If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch
Clark has lived the same Monday for 309 days. Same boring math class, same meals, same everything. But on day 310, that math class has a new guy. One that Clark has never seen before.
Given this change, Clark decides he’s going to follow Beau on an adventure through their city of Chicago. If he’s not going to have a different day tomorrow, why wouldn’t he try?
What Clark does not account for is starting to fall for the new guy.
This is a book that follows Clark and his experiences of loneliness and what happens when that’s (temporarily?) interrupted.
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
Adina Walker knows she’s got to work twice as hard to get half as much, especially at her elite New England school, where she attends on scholarship. She makes one slip, though, and she finds herself on the blacklist of her top Ivy League college.
She is disappointed but plans to see if she can redeem herself. The opportunity to do so lies in Finish, a high-intensity contest held by the founders of her high school. The three-part challenge asks 12 women to compete, and the winner is able to become part of the institution’s family. This recognition? It’ll be the key to anything the winner wants.
Just as Adina prepares for the Finish, she feels something is off. The deeper she is into the games, the more off they become, and soon this is no longer about getting into her dream school. It’s about staying alive.
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YA Book News
- Suzanne Young’s In Nightfall will be adapted into a film. This is especially rad news because you might recall that Young’s launch party for the book had zero attendees and she called it a “career low point.”
- A YA novelization of Wednesday is one of the latest upcoming additions to the expanding franchise. Given the bananas sales of the YA novelization Long Live The Pumpkin Queen from The Nightmare Before Christmas, I suspect this will do well.
- The adaptation of Geek Girl has a Netflix release date of May 30.
- 31 YA novels for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and beyond.
As always, thanks for hanging out. We’ll see you Saturday with a fresh round of YA book deals.
Until then, happy reading!
–Kelly Jensen, just finishing up Pretty Furious by E.K. Johnston (if you like stories of good girls getting revenge, this will be your jam!).