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An Audiobook 46 Years in The Making and More YA Book News and New Books: August 19, 2021

Hey YA Readers!

Let’s catch up on the latest in YA book news and new YA books this week.

YA Book News

New YA Books

Hardcover

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Cazadora by Romina Garber (series)

Dagger Hill by Devon Taylor

Ebonwilde by Crystal Smith (serires)

The Endless Skies by Shannon Price

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

Living Beyond Borders edited by Margarita Longoria

Moth by Amber McBride

Phantom Heart by Kelly Creagh

Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (series)

Paperback

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

Lobizona by Romina Garber (first in a series)

The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke (series)

The Secret Runners by Matthew Reilly

Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho (series)

This Week at Book Riot

Never Too Old To Read Young Adult Book Mark

This bookmark tells nothing but the truth. Snag one for $3.

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday with some great YA ebook deals.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.

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Celebrate YA Women Writers in Translation

Hey YA Readers!

Did you know August is Women in Translation month? Starting in 2013, the month-long event celebrates voices of women, trans, and nonbinary writers whose work has been translated into English. By highlighting these voices, readers not only are able to make their reading lives more inclusive, but it’s a reminder to the publishing world the need to bring more international stories to English readers.

You may or may not know that books in translation experience what many call the 3% problem: only about 3% of books published in English are translations. If you boil this down further, that means the fraction of those who aren’t men in translation is even smaller, and looking at what this means for children’s and teen literature, well, you can imagine how minuscule the number is. These are realities that the Women in Translation and the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative are working to bring light to and change.

In honor of this month, let’s take a look at some of the recent YA in translation by women — in this roundup, all of the writers in the original language identify as women or use she/her pronouns, per their English-language biographies. Not all of the translators do.

Note that this is also a very white list. Despite being a global initiative and these stories being international, whiteness still dominates translation, at least in YA. The bulk of these are from European counties, showcasing how there is always still more work to be done, even in an area where there has been slow progress.

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Abigail by Magda Szabó, translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

The New York Review of Books Classics line has begun to expand into children’s and teen lit, and Abigail is one that’ll definitely be for fans of dark academia. The book follows Gina, the only child of a general, who is sent away to a religious boarding school. It’s the midst of World War II, and Gina is fighting with everyone at school, to the point where she chooses to run away. She’s caught, though, and now, she’s resigned herself to putting her trust in Abigail, the school’s classical statue who is rumored to offer help to those who seek her out.

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Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee from Korean

This is a short but super complex story of two very broken teenagers who find one another and develop an odd, uncomfortable, but ultimately necessary friendship with one another. Don’t go into this one for plot. Go into it for fascinating character studies. It’s a short book, with small chapters, but each word and description is exacting and offers so much depth to Yungjae and his experience living with a disorder that doesn’t allow him to fully feel or express empathy, even though consciously he understands what it is. Readers familiar with Janne Teller’s Nothing — an older book by a woman in translation — will especially dig this one.

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Beyond the Blue Border by Dorit Linke, Translated from German by Elisabeth Lauffer

Hanna and Andreas live in oppressive East Germany and are expelled from school for their activism. They end up working in a factory and together, realize that this is not the life they want. It’s dangerous to flee, but they decide it’s worth it for a chance of freedom. The book follows as they attempt to escape to the democratic West by swimming across the choppy Baltic sea.

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I’ll Keep You Close by Jeska Verstegen, Translated by Bill Nagelkerke from Dutch (November 9)

Verstegen’s memoir is about generational trauma and follows as she works to unravel why it is her mother seems to keep her family in hiding. When her grandmother slips up and calls Verstegen by the wrong name, she has her first clue. It’s from here she discovers the terror her family survived and is trying to move on from.

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Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu, Translated by Silja-Maaria Aronpuro from Finnish (October 26)

Graphic novels in translation are such powerful reads and whenever I get my hands on one, I’m always amazed by how the visuals are truly the driver of comic storytelling. Ahokoivu’s story is a spin on Finnish folklore, following a family of bears, wherein mother works to ensure the safety of her young ones while avoiding the dark, scary forest. It’s a story of new and old gods, family legacy, and the stars.

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Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr, Translated by Marcia Lynx Qualey from Arabic

This sounds a little bit like a take on The Canterbury Tales. Qamar is the main character and the story follows her journeys across the Mediterranean, where she finds herself becoming a pirate at times, a slave at times, a bookseller, and more. Nimr’s book is not going to be plot-heavy but it reads like a collection of small adventure stories (and fun fact: the translator is a former Book Rioter!).

If you’re eager to learn more, there’s a fabulous piece from Publishers Weekly about the challenges of children’s and teen translation from the perspective of the translators and publishers.

As always, thanks for hanging out. We’ll see you again on Thursday!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram

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Nonfiction, Surprising Adaptations, and More: Your YA Book News and New Books, August 12, 2021

Hey YA Readers!

Before launching into this week’s book news and new books, an apology. In the deals newsletter on Saturday, I attributed The Monarchs to Dhonielle Clayton and Kass Morgan, when it should be attributed to Danielle Paige and Kass Morgan. Dhonielle is the author of books like The Belles and coauthor of the outstanding Blackout.

Let’s catch up on this week’s YA book news and new YA books.

YA Book News

New YA Books This Week

Hardcover

The Champion by Taran Matharu (series)

The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino

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How Moon Fuentes Fell In Love With The Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

In The Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

Mark of the Wicked by Georgia Bowers

Rainbow in the Dark by Sean McGinty

Rise Up From the Embers by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons (series)

Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis (series)

Paperback

Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin

The Challenger by Taran Matharu (series)

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The Glare by Margot Harrison

Girl From Nowhere by Tiffany Rosenhan

The Hoodie Girl by Yuen Wright

The Lightness of Hands by Jeff Garvin

Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold

Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

This Week at Book Riot

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you Monday.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram

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Enjoy a Bite from These YA Food Truck Reads

Hey YA Readers!

I hope you’re ready to be hungry with today’s look at YA books featuring food trucks. Foodie YA has been on the upswing in the last couple of years, with tons of romances centered around finding love while competing on food reality shows and competitions, as well as on the job. It’s been fun to see so many, but I’ve got to say, I’m especially partial to YA food truck books.

I live in an area where we regularly have food truck festivals and they’re my favorite way to expand my culinary horizons. It’s a small town, so we don’t have a wide range of restaurants, and food trucks provide the opportunity to discover new foods without needing to travel far.

For teens, food trucks provide the same, and in YA literature food trucks offer such a perfect story setting. You have a workplace that’s tiny, and being in such a confined space offers a lot of time for things to happen between and among characters. This might be love, it might be friendship, or in some cases, it might be the ultimate punishment.

Find below a delicious array of food truck YA books. Included are two of my personal favorites that I never stop thinking about when I visit a food truck — my mind wonders what those characters might be up to, as well as what the actual teens who may be working those trucks are themselves experiencing. Note that there is only one book here by an author of color. We’ve seen a good number of foodie YA featuring teens (and authors) of color, but it’s surprising how few have included food trucks.

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Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck

Easily one of my favorite books this year is Reck’s sophomore novel set on a Swedish food truck. Oscar lives with his grandfather and works with him on the truck; one of their specialties is a specific type of donut. What slowly unravels through the book is the story of how and why Oscar’s grandfather came to the US from Finland, as well as the immense weight of grief within him. There’s a fun and poignant plot in the story featuring a girl in Oscar’s class who asks him to help her with a project meant to repurpose apples tossed away during school lunches that, as you might guess, leads to a little bit of love along the way. This one’s a tear-jerker, with threads about queer love, about friendship, and includes plenty of delicious food, Swedish phrases, and even space for laughter.

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Geekerella by Ashley Poston

First in a fun, fandom-centric twist on Cinderella, Poston’s novel follows Elle Wittimer, a devoted fan to the classic sci-fi series Starfield. When she learns about a costume contest wherein the prize is meeting one of the actors in the show’s reboot, she jumps at the chance. It’s with the money she makes from working at the Magic Pumpkin food truck that helps her fund the endeavor.

Darien is a teen actor who feels like such a fake. He’s been cast as one of the actors in the Starfield reboot but doesn’t think he’s cut out for it.

When Elle and Darien meet, though, they can do more for one another than imagined.

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The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg

What happens when two very different teen boys, both with a heap of challenges in their lives, are working together in the Arizona heat for the summer on a food truck?

Sparks, potentially.

Max and Jordan are complete opposites, but being side by side in Coq Au Vinny might help them fall for each other, as well as better understand themselves.

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The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

This book will make you laugh, as well as potentially hate the main character who is as much an obnoxious prankster teen as you can imagine (that, to me, is precisely what makes her endearing and real).

After a prank goes too far at school, Clara’s dad punishes her to a summer working the family food truck, KoBra, alongside Rose, an uptight classmate she cannot stand. She’s dreading every second of it. That is, until she allows herself to open up, to find connection with Rose, and to maybe find love with a boy she meets at a food truck festival whose name is Hamlet.

Goo has a way of writing complex and dynamic characters and weaves them into prose and situations that are both spot-on emotionally and hilarious.

I don’t know about you, but in my dream world, all of these food trucks would be at a festival in the same place and I’d enjoy the delicious offerings at each.

As always, thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you later this week!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram

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Queer Teens and A Lot of Magic: Your YA Ebook Deals, August 7, 2021

Happy weekend, YA fans!

Find a rich array of ebooks for sale to help you load up your ereader with outstanding titles. Prices are current as of writing.

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A magical murder mystery by a Native author with Native main characters? Sign me up for Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger for $3.

Another magical read you should snag is A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. $3.

Let’s continue the magical reads theme with Lobizona, first in a series by Romina Garber, for $3.

An anthology of Shakespeare reimaginings that came out this year is on sale for $3. Snap up That Way Madness Lies edited by Dahlia Adler.

Baby and Solo by Lisabeth Posthuma, one of my favorites of the year, follows the life of a suburban queer teen in the 90s. Pick this one up, especially for $3.

Victoria Ortiz’s biography of Ruth Bader Ginsberg for teens, Dissenter on the Bench, is $3.

Snag The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall for $3.

You can still buy Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, first in a fantasy series, for $3.

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The Ravens by Dhonielle Clayton and Kass Morgan (what a powerhouse team!) is $3. It’s the first in a series.

Anna Carey delivers a 90s-set, pop-culture infused thriller with This Is Not The Jess Show. $3.

Looking for a romantic read? Anna K by Jenny Lee — first in a series — is on sale for $3.

Julian Winters’s most recent book, The Summer of Everything, is $3.

Grab this road trip love story about a ballerina, I Want To Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest, for $3.

I hope you found your new favorite read this weekend.

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you Monday!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram

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A New YA Ballet Adaptation, BUFFY Returns, and More YA News and New Books: August 5, 2021

Hey YA Readers!

Let’s catch up on this week’s small bit of YA news, as well as this week’s new releases.

YA Book News

New YA Books This Week

Hardcover

Dangerous Play by Emma Kress

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The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould

Fresh by Margot Wood

Gods and Monsters by Shelby Mahurin (series)

The Great Destroyers by Caroline Tung Richmond

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Like a Love Song by Gabriela Martins

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad

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Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn

Suns Will Rise by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell (series)

The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

Paperback

A Beautiful Doom by Laura Pohl

B*Witch by Paige McKenzie and Nancy Ohlin (series)

Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud (series)

Crying Laughing by Lance Rubin

A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert

Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather

Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford (series)

More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood

The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (series)

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos

YA On Book Riot This Week

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday for tons of great ebook deals.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram

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Delectable YA Fantasy Duologies

Hey YA Readers!

I deeply wish fantasy was a genre within YA I could read. It’s not that I dislike it; it’s that my brain simply cannot immerse in a world outside the realms of reality. Magical realism and science fiction work for me because of how they’re still tied to our world, but something about fantasy is just challenging. It’s a weak spot in my reading and writing life, but we all have those, right?

The other thing that trips me a bit with fantasy, especially in YA, is how many in the genre are a series. I like reading one-and-done titles, as well as picking up series years after it’s concluded so I can blow through each book immediately after finishing the previous.

Perhaps my answer to this — and the way I can best push myself to read more fantasy in YA — is by digging into duologies. Two books make a series, but it’s two books total. It feels super accessible and engaging without requiring significant buy in.

I know many fantasy lovers dig these books, too, and it seemed like the right time as we begin winding down from an energetic summer to round up a handful of great, completed YA fantasy duologies.

I’ve pulled just the first book in the duology to highlight, with the title of the second book included with the description so you can snap it up as well (without being spoiled by the description).

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All The Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Looking for pirates, mermaids, and an island kingdom? This one’ll do it for you. The story follows Amora, who has spent her life preparing to become a master of souls — it’s how she’ll secure her place on the throne. But when her demonstration of mastery doesn’t go well, she flees and strikes up a deal with a mysterious pirate.

All The Tides of Fate is book #2.

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Ashlords by Scott Reintgen

If phoenix horses isn’t enough of a sell, perhaps the book being pitched as The Scorpio Races meets Red Rising does. This duology follows three phoenix horse riders who have to compete in the annual Races, which is an event replacing warfare in their empire. The riders can summon an impressive range of powers and alchemy throughout to work toward glory.

Bloodsworn is book #2.

Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald

Dark + queer = win win.

Emanuela is a girl after my own heart in that she doesn’t play by the rules and doesn’t care what people think of her. That’s part of why she’s okay marrying her childhood best friend and heir to the wealthiest home in herr kingdom. . . even though both of them are gay. She simply wants the power.

But then, she accidentally kills the watercrea, the only source of her kingdom’s water. Now, people are dying of thirst and she must find a way to save them.

Into The Midnight Void is book 2.

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Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah

This book marries what I love about science fiction — it’s a story set underwater, thanks to global warming and follows the contours of a compelling dystopia — but it’s infused with sea creatures, a corrupt government, and a girl who must partake in a marathon she’s not interested in. But if she wins, she’s been told she can have whatever it is her heart desires. In this case, her father who might otherwise be lost forever.

Richly imaginative, it’s a near-future, submerged London setting. Book two is Journey To The Heart of the Abyss.

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Scavenge The Stars by Tara Sim

Gender-bent Count of Monte Cristo! This duology follows a girl who is captive on a debtor ship. When she rescues a stranger from drowning, it turns out he’s able to offer her untold wealth and a wholly new identity, freeing her to a coastal city-state.

Now, Amaya is out for revenge against the person who ruined her and her family’s life.

Book two is Ravage The Dark.

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

This duology is inspired by West African folklore and follows a boy named Malik, who sees a chance to escape his war-torn home town to start a new life with his sisters in a safer town. Too bad a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister and, to get her back, Malik must kill the princess of the town where he wants to go.

That princess, though, has her own goals and wants to resurrect her mother using ancient magic . . . and it might be Malik who helps her do just that. That is, if the two of them don’t catch feelings for each other first.

Book two is A Psalm of Storms and Silence (the alliteration here is awesome, isn’t it?).

These duologies all sound excellent, even to someone who is fantasy-hesitant. I hope you snap one — or all — of these up and find your new favorite read.

Thanks for hanging out, and I’ll see you on Thursday!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.

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Spring 2022 YA + Vintage Horror On Screen: Your YA Book News and New Books, July 29, 2021

Hey YA Fans!

This week’s roundup of YA news is packed with goodness. Usually this time of year is pretty quiet, but 2021 continues to be a whole new animal (in this particular case, that’s a good thing).

YA Book News

New YA Books This Week

Where there was a lot of news, note that this week, the new releases are slimmer than normal. The good part about that is you have some time to catch up with that towering TBR.

Hardcover releases

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The Silver Blonde by Elizabeth Ross

Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

They’ll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman

Paperback Releases

Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon

The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen (series)

The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Salvation by Caryn Lix (series)

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I’m obsessed with this tote bag — how many of us have said we’ll do the thing after this chapter? $19.

As always, thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you again on Monday.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.

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These New and Upcoming YA Anthologies Are 🔥🔥

Good Day, YA Readers!

We are — and have been — living in a golden age of YA anthologies. Anthologies are such a tremendous gift to readers, as they allow for exploring a specific topic across a wide range of voices. You can read them in a single sitting or pick up collections as desired and not feel you’re missing out by not reading it all at once. They allow a nice introduction to new writers, as well as an opportunity to reconnect with favorite ones.

This year and early next year are jam packed with exciting YA anthologies. Let’s take a look at some of the ones just landing on shelves or available in the next sixish months.

Battle of the Bands edited by Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith (September 14)

The concept behind this anthology is genius and I cannot wait to read it. Taking place over the course of one event — a high school battle of the bands — fifteen authors and one musician weave interconnected stories about it. Authors include Jay Coles, Ashley Woodfolk, Preeti Chhiibber, and more.

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, and Nicola Yoon

This book is such a delight. All of the stories are distinct, but each of them is tied together with the blackout, with intersecting secondary characters, and a giant Brooklyn block party. Each story is on its own except for Jackson’s, which is broken up across the book, mimicking the way her story is about a long walk across the city. Every story’s voice is distinct, as are the characters. There’s a wide variety of romances representing, queer and heterosexual, with an awesome range of gender identities. 

Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos (December 7)

If you’re a fan of romance and specifically, love the tropes within the genre, then this book will be up your alley. The collection has fifteen stories, all featuring a range of tropes and happily ever afters. Among the rockstar contributors are Malinda Lo, Lilliam Rivera, Sara Farizan, and more.

Reclaim the Stars edited by Zoraida Córdova (February 15)

First, pause to admire the incredible cover on this one, designed by Olga Grlic and illustrated by Faye Guanipa. This collection of science fiction and fantasy reads explores the Latinx diaspora, and it features some of the most incredible Latinx YA authors working today. Among the 17 stories are pieces by Daniel José Older, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Mark Oshiro.

Up All Night edited by Laura Silverman

I’m old enough to remember the anthology called Up All Night from 2008, where a slate of rockstar authors shared stories of what kept them up all night. Silverman’s anthology, which shares the title, would pair really nicely with it. Instead of what keeps teens up all night, though, this collection is about what happens between dusk and dawn. Contributors include Nina LaCour, Brandy Colbert, Maurene Goo, and more.

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed edited by Saraciea J. Fennell (September 14)

One of the most interesting and vital things to come from the wave of anthologies over the last half decade is how inclusive they are. Anthologies are a powerful space for historically underrepresented voices to come together and share both the similarities and differences in their experiences within any given identity. Fennell’s collection is a great example, wherein 15 writers from the Latinx diaspora have written essays and poetry about the wide range of experiences of being Latinx. Contributors include Meg Medina, Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and more.

Thanks for hanging out, and I hope you added some new reads to your TBR.

See you Thursday!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.

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Buzzy Thrillers, Ace Rep, and More YA Ebook Deals

There are so! many! ebooks! on! sale! Stock up and prepare yourself for a summer, fall, and winter of outstanding reads.

Need a buzzy thriller that has an adaptation featuring Halsey? They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman is on sale for $3.

Elizabeth Lim’s Spin the Dawn, pitched as “Project Runway meets Mulan” is the first in a series and on sale for $2.

Another first book in a fantasy series on sale this week is Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young. Grab it for $3 if you are itching for some vikings.

Skyhunter by Marie Lu is a whopping $3.

Haven’t read Children of Blood and Bone yet? $3 can fix that.

Somiya Daud’s Mirage is a really great science fiction/fantasy blend and first in a series about a girl made to play the body double of a much-hated princess. $2.

Love contemporary books? Haven’t yet read Claire Kann? Grab her debut with asexual representation, Let’s Talk About Love for $3.

A fun superhero read — again, first in a series — is CB Lee’s Not Your Sidekick. $2. The other two books in the series, Not Your Villain and Not Your Backup, are also $2 each. $6 for a whole trilogy!

Fans of fantasy retellings will love A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer, which takes on Beauty and the Beast. $4.

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis is $3.

Grab Julian Winters’s The Summer of Everything — what perfect timing! — for $2. Winters’s soccer themed novel Running With Lions is also on sale for $2.

The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall has such a compelling title and amazing cover. $3.

And last, if you’re looking for a revenge thriller with hints of Macbeth, snag Hannah Capin’s Foul is Fair for $3.

Thanks so much for hanging out, and I hope you found your new favorite read this weekend.

See you Monday!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.

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