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This Week’s YA Book News and New YA Books

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date September 8, 2020

YA Book News

Jennifer Lynn Barnes writes some of my favorite in-depth, psychologically-based essays and research and her latest about how fictional characters can and do really become real friends to us is so good.
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé just got a massive deal for a forthcoming YA book series and it sounds awesome. YA author Leah Johnson hinted about this in an episode of Hey YA Extra Credit early this summer.
There might be a reboot of Pretty Little Liars in the works.
Meg Cabot’s The Mediator might see an adaptation.
On my personal blog, I pulled together a massive list of 2020 YA horror for those of you needing your spooky reading fix.

New YA Books This Week

Prepare yourself for a flood of incredible new reads this week! Note: as we’re seeing the realities of printer backups, some of the books that were scheduled to release today may have had their publication dates change. I’ve done the best I can to update where appropriate.

36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant (paperback)

The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif (paperback, series)

Beauty Mark by Carole Boston Weatherford

The Cat I Never Named by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L. Sullivan

Displaced by Dean Hughes

Iron Heart by Nina Varela (series)

A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai (paperback)

Meme by Aaron Starmer

Night Shine by Tessa Gratton

Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi

Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer (paperback, series)

The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep by Allan Wolf

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur

Sources Say by Lori Goldstein

Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer (paperback)

These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (paperback)

When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer (series)

This Week On Book Riot

Don’t miss these September YA releases for your TBR.
Awesome diverse horror YA books.
A look at the best Jane Yolen books, including some of her YA titles.
Great books for 12th graders to read.
These YA books about the creative struggle are #relatable.
YA books about the realities of poverty.

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you next week with a special guest-penned (typed?) newsletter.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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YA Ebook Deals For Your Long Weekend

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date September 4, 2020

Sponsored by Greythorne by Crystal Smith, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Brimming with deliciously mysterious magic, political intrigue, and a passionate heroine who will do anything to save the ones she loves—this highly anticipated sequel to Bloodleaf, praised as “enchanting, visceral, and twisty” by Laura Sebastian, won’t disappoint.

Hey YA Readers!

Find your biweekly roundup of excellent YA ebook deals below. It’s a long holiday weekend here in the US, so you won’t be getting your regular Monday newsletter. Instead, I encourage you to grab a book or two here and spend the time you’d read the newsletter dipping into a great book.

Deals are current as of Friday, September 4. As always, a new month means many new deals, so this is going to be pretty epic!

Frankly In Love by David Yoon is $2.

Echo Brown’s incredible and moving Black Girl Unlimited is $3.

Have you read Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith? For $1, you have no reason not to.

My own anthology (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health is still on sale for $2.

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon is $3, and it’s going to be on my ereader very soon.

Still looking to upgrade your anti-racism? This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell is $3.

Cult books your jam? The Liar’s Daughter by Megan Cooley Peterson is $2.

Thought it’s not technically YA, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Signal to Noise has incredible crossover appeal and it’s on sale for $!.

Need fantasy in your life? East by Edith Pattou is $3.

Haven’t read Dear Martin or need a refresher before the sequel comes out? Grab it for $2!

One of my all-time favorite books is also $2. Grab We Are Okay by Nina LaCour!

Love a good sports book? Here To Stay by Sara Farizan is $2.

Get even more of your fantasy fix with The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg for $3.

Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer — becoming a Netflix adaptation soon — is on sale for $3.

Last, but not least, stock up on some Jacqueline Woodson books, including brown girl dreaming, If You Come Softly, and Harbor Me are all $3.

Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you again on Thursday.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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YA Book News and New YA Book Releases

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date September 1, 2020

YA Book News

Again, as tends to be the case this time of year, there’s not a whole lot of news to share. . . but it’s all great news.

Felix Ever After has been optioned for a TV adaptation (!!).
I’m also super excited to see Bonnie Pipkin’s Aftercare Instructions has been tapped for a TV adaptation.
This fall we have so many awesome queer and feminist books hitting shelves. Check out both YA and adult titles in this roundup.
Here’s the trailer for the adaptation of Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer.
I’m hoping next week to highlight the recently-added YA film adaptations to streaming services in the newsletter, but in the mean time, here’s a great list of YA-friendly films to enjoy on Netflix — most of them are not adaptations but rather scratch that itch for something YA-esque.
Becky Albertalli’s piece on coming out, on assumptions about sexuality, and about #OwnVoices queer stories is such a vital read.

This Week’s New YA Books

So! Many! New! Books! Do note: because of printer capacity issues, there are a few more delays in book releases. Those have been so challenging to keep on top of, so it’s possible a title or two below might not be hitting shelves today but later on in the month or season. If it sounds good, preorder it and enjoy the surprise when it arrives.

1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change edited by Marc Aronson

American Royals II: Majesty by Katharine McGee (series)

As The Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool (series)

Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin (series)

Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew

The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg

Caster by Elsie Chapman (series, paperback)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford (paperback)

Dark Blade by Steve Feasey (series)

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He (paperback)

Eclipse The Skies by Maura Milan (paperback, series)

Fable by Adrienne Young (series)

Flamer by Mike Curato

Frankly In Love by David Yoon (paperback)

Fright Night by Maren Stoffels (paperback)

The Grey Sisters by Jo Treggiari (paperback)

Greythorne by Crystal Smith (series)

Gold Wings Rising by Alex London (series)

The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg

Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan (paperback)

Flyy Girls: Lux, The New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk (paperback, series)

My Secret To Tell by Natalie D. Richards (paperback)

Flyy Girls: Mica, The Good Girl by Ashley Woodfolk (paperback, series)

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

Not Your #LoveStory by Sonia Hartl

October Mourning by Leslea Newman (paperback)

Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst (paperback, series)

Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao (paperback)

The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg (paperback)

Pretend She’s Here by Luanne Rice (paperback)

Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody (series)

Recommended For You by Laura Silverman

Red Skies Falling by Alex London (series, paperback)

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher

Save Steve by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan

There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool (paperback, series)

Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos

Unbirthday by Liz Braswell

Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova (series)

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Where We Are by Alison McGhee

This Week on Book Riot…

How the Hunger Games prequel showed me I’ve changed.
A handy glossary of manga terms.
How young adult librarians helped create the YA category of books.
Add these British YA authors of color to your TBR.
YA books that explore schizophrenia.
These YA books got new looks in paperback. Which version do you prefer?
Excellent #OwnVoices books about disability.

Check out this gorgeous print featuring a stack of incredible YA books by Black authors! $7.

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

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

Psst: if you’re free tonight at 7 pm Eastern, you can catch Eric Smith, Kati Gardner, Junauda Petrus-Nasah, and I for a virtual event with Oblong Books. It’ll be a blast. Sign up for the link to the free event here.

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YA In Translation To Celebrate Women in Translation Month

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date August 28, 2020

Sponsored by Traitor by Amanda McCrina with Fierce Reads

Amanda McCrina’s Traitor is a tightly woven thrill ride exploring political conflict, deep-seated prejudice, and the terror of living in a world where betrayal is a matter of life or death.

“Alive with detail and vivid with insight, Traitor is an effortlessly immersive account of a shocking and little-known moment in the turbulent history of Poland and Ukraine—and ironically, a piercing and bittersweet story of unflinching loyalty. I think Tolya has left my heart a little damaged forever.” —Elizabeth Wein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity and The Enigma Gam

Hey YA Readers!

As we round out August, I didn’t want to miss the chance to talk about one of the big literary events of this month: Women in Translation Month. You can read through the link to discover how rare it is for women to be published in translation in the US, and you can add an even more narrow percentage when you account for the number of women writers in translation for young adult readers.

Three percent of the books published in America are in translation, even smaller for women in translation, and even smaller for YA by women in translation.

Let’s highlight a handful of the excellent YA in translation by women published in 2019 and 2020, though, perfect for adding a more global array of books to your TBR.

Descriptions come from Amazon, but I’ve noted where I’ve read the title. I’ve stuck to the author identifying as female in these books, and in some cases, the translator may not share that gender identity.

Almond by Won-Pyeong Sohn, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee from Korean

Published by an adult imprint, I read this one and can say it’s got great YA appeal and, being published for young adults in its home country, see no reason it doesn’t belong here!

This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.

One of the monsters is me.

Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful Post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say “thank you,” and when to laugh.

Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae’s sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school, and they develop a surprising bond.

As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people—including a girl at school—something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life at risk, Yunjae will have the chance to step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become the hero he never thought he would be.

b, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa, translated by Sunhee Jeong from Korean

This is another one I’ve read and encourage you to, too.

Best friends b and Rang are all each other have. Their parents are absent, their teachers avert their eyes when they walk by. Everyone else in town acts like they live in Seoul even though it’s painfully obvious they don’t. When Rang begins to be bullied horribly by the boys in baseball hats, b fends them off. But one day Rang unintentionally tells the whole class about b’s dying sister and how her family is poor, and each of them finds herself desperately alone. The only place they can reclaim themselves, and perhaps each other, is beyond the part of town where lunatics live―the End.

In a piercing, heartbreaking, and astonishingly honest voice, Kim Sagwa’s b, Book, and Me walks the precipice between youth and adulthood, reminding us how perilous the edge can be.

The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi, translated by Cathy Hirano from Japanese

Elin’s family has an important responsibility: caring for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom’s army. So when some of the beasts mysteriously die, Elin’s mother is sentenced to death as punishment. With her last breath she manages to send her daughter to safety.

Alone, far from home, Elin soon discovers that she can talk to both the terrifying water serpents and the majestic flying beasts that guard her queen. This skill gives her great powers, but it also involves her in deadly plots that could cost her life. Can she save herself and prevent her beloved beasts from being used as tools of war? Or is there no way of escaping the terrible battles to come?

Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier, translated by Romy Fursland from German

Way up in the Swiss mountains, there’s an old grand hotel steeped in tradition and faded splendor. Once a year, when the famous New Year’s Eve Ball takes place and guests from all over the world arrive, excitement returns to the vast hallways.

Sophie, who works at the hotel as an intern, is busy making sure that everything goes according to plan. But unexpected problems keep arising, and some of the guests are not who they pretend to be. Very soon, Sophie finds herself right in the middle of a perilous adventure―and at risk of losing not only her job, but also her heart.

Escape Room by Maren Stoffels, translated by Laura Watkinson from Dutch

There’s no escape from this room. Full of menace and suspense, it’s an unputdownable thriller–and a paperback original!

Alissa, Sky, Miles and Mint are ready for a night of fun at the Escape Room.
It’s simple.
Choose their game.
Get locked in a room.
Find the clues.
Solve the puzzles.
And escape the room in 60 minutes.
But what happens if the Game Master has no intention of letting them go?

Want more? Over on my personal blog last year, I compiled 50 YA books in translation.

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you later this week!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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This Week’s YA Book News and New YA Books

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date August 25, 2020

Sponsored by Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale, with Fierce Reads

There’s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal—but the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch.

Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading.

Literally.

She reads a book and suddenly she’s inside it. It’s alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing? It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?

Hey YA Fans!

Let’s catch up on the latest in YA book news and new YA books that hit shelves this last week of the longest month ever (it’s been going on since March, right?). Good thing great reading helps.

YA Book News

There is a lot of adaptation news this week, as has been the case for the last couple of months, and I really hope we see some of these projects come to fruition because they are so good.

An adaptation of Renée Watson’s Piecing Me Together? YES PLEASE.
Netflix is taking on three of RL Stine’s Fear Street novels for 2021.
A giant book acquisition for a trilogy of books about real Black Girl Magic. Put this on your TBR.
Because of the pandemic, YALL Fest isn’t happening this year as it normally does. Instead, they’re going virtual with a YALLWrite event. Perfect for YA fans and for young people itching to practice their writing skills.
Fierce Reads is starting a YA book club.
Here’s the incredible cover of Leigh Bardugo’s next book. It reminds me a lot of Alexandra Bracken’s 2021 YA book cover.
UK’s Hachette has purchased 2 more novels in verse by Dean Atta, and let’s hope these hop the pond, too!
Speaking of UK books, the adaptation of Noughts and Crosses will hit US airwaves via Peacock.
An Aussie YA book that sounds awesome might see an adaptation by someone who has some incredible credits to their name.
This isn’t packed with YA book titles in it, but because it’s by YA superstar Lilliam Rivera and such an excellent read, it’s worth a share: “Caribbean Fiction That Blurs Genre Boundaries.”

New YA Books

I haven’t read as many as I wish, but I’ve noted with a * the ones I have and recommend!

The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone (paperback)

The Assignment by Liza Wiemer

The Babysitters Coven by Kate M. Williams (paperback, series)

Bright Raven Skies by Kristina Perez (series)

The Burning Kingdoms by Sally Green (series)

A Cloud of Outrageous Blue by Vesper Stamper (how incredible is that title?)

*Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

The Companion by Katie Alender

The Con Code by Shana Silver

Darius The Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (series)

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, and illustrated by Rovina Cai

Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi (paperback)

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest (paperback)

Ironspark by C.M. McGuire

Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale

Lost Roads by Jonathan Maberry (series)

The Nemesis by S. J. Kincaid (series)

*Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest

Rage by Cora Carmack (series)

*Sadie by Courtney Summers (paperback)

Traitor by Amanda McCrina

Verify by Joelle Charbonneau (series, paperback)

Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles (series)

The Whitsun Daughters by Carrie Mesrobian

YA Book Talk This Week

10 must-read YA novels about World War II.
This piece on how writers can disrupt the status quo on fairy tales features some great YA authors in it!
Naruto was so popular with my teens in every library I worked. Here are 10 excellent manga like Naruto if you love it or have some eager readers itching for more.
YA books about teens going viral.
Great YA books about drag.

I love this sticker playing off the title of Jenny Han’s book so much. $2.25.

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

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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Screen Time: YA Adaptations to Stream Today

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date August 24, 2020

Boys Over Flowers (inspired by the Japanese manga series Boys Over Flowers written by Yoko Kamio)

Poor girl attends the elite Shin Hwa High and is bullied by the leader of F4 (the four richest boys). He becomes attracted to her; however, she has a crush on his best friend. Whom will she choose?

Cursed (inspired by Cursed by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler)

A teenage sorceress named Nimue encounters a young Arthur on her quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.

Get Even (inspired by Get Even by Gretchen McNeil)

It follows four teenage girls at private elite school who form their own secret society to expose bullies.

*Love, Victor (inspired by the Simon Universe/Creekwood series by Becky Albertalli, starting with Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda)

Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation.

Selection Day (inspired by the adult novel Selection Day by Aravind Adiga)

Story of an Indian boy’s love of cricket in Mumbai, and his discovery that the game isn’t as pure as he thought.

Trinkets (inspired by Trinkets by Kirsten Smith)

An unexpected friendship forms when three teenage girls meet in Shoplifters Anonymous.

We Are The Wave (Inspired by The Wave by Todd Strasser, who wrote it under the pen name Morton Rhue — it came out in 1981!)

A new version of Rhue’s novel in which a group of teenagers who start a youth movement which develops a dangerous momentum.

*Zac & Mia (Inspired by Zac and Mia by AJ Betts)

Based on the novel by A.J. Betts about two teens battling cancer in the same hospital.

Lots of great streaming is on my agenda — how about yours?

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you later this week!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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YA Ebook Deals To Snap Up

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date August 21, 2020

Sponsored by Keep My Heart in San Francisco by Amelia Diane Coombs

“Intriguing and Charming.” – Kirkus Reviews
Chuck loves three things: coffee, fashion, and San Francisco. She hates—well, strongly dislikes—two things: bowling and Beckett Porter, her ex-best friend who broke her heart. Unfortunately, Chuck’s spring break will be filled with both if she has any hopes of saving Bigmouth’s, her family’s ancient bowling alley and the only thing keeping her in the city she loves.

Hey YA Fans!

‘Tis the perfect time to grab some ebooks that are on discount this weekend. Fill up that ereader with new-to-you titles.

As always, prices change, but these deals are active as of Friday, August 21.

My award-winning anthology (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start The Conversation About Mental Health is currently $2.

Need a spooky read? Kate Alice Marshall’s Rules for Vanishing is $3. You can also snag I Am Still Alive (which I loved so much!) for $3.

I can’t wait to pick up Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé. $2.

The Babysitters Coven by Kate M. Williams, which has a sequel coming out soon, is $2.

Have you read Unpregnant yet? You should before it hits screens. A road trip between frenemies who are seeking an abortion is both a book tackling serious issues and also a total freakin’ romp. $2.

Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco is $3.

Speaking of Rin Chupeco, The Girl From The Well is also on sale for $2. I hadn’t intended for this to be a deal roundup of a lot of spooky-feeling stories, but here we are!

Labyrinth Lost and Bruja Born, the first two books in Zoraida Córdova’s “Brooklyn Brujas” series are each $2. Read ’em before the third hits shelves September 1.

We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss is $2.

Have you read any books by Julian Winter yet? Maybe begin with How To Be Remy Cameron. $1.

Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram is an award-winning book and the sequel hits shelves next week, so catch up while the ebook is a whole $2.

Get to know the history of US women’s suffrage with Votes For Women by Winifred Conkling. $2.

And then read a queer love story with Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan. $2.

If you’re free today and are up for a rad virtual event, you can hear Eric Smith (my Hey YA podcast cohost!), Alicia Lutes, Junauda Petrus, Rachael Lippincott, and myself talking about Body Talk, adolescence, and more at 3 pm central with Blue Willow Books. It’ll stream over on Facebook. (I promise promotion season is almost over — but dang, look at these rockstars!).

Thanks for hanging out, y’all!

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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This Week’s YA Book News and New YA Books

Post author By Kelly Jensen
Post date August 18, 2020

Sponsored by Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas with Swoon Reads

Determined to prove his true gender to his traditional Latinx family, Yadriel tries to summon the ghost of his dead cousin to help set it free.
Instead, Yadriel summons Julian Diaz, the school’s resident bad boy. And Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He needs to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian. . . but the longer they’re together, the less Yadriel wants to let him leave.
Don’t miss the paranormal debut Entertainment Weekly calls “groundbreaking” and Paste calls “wildly memorable.”

Hey YA Fans!

It’s time for your weekly roundup of YA book news and new book releases.

I hope you’re strapped in, as the next few weeks will be heavy hitters with new releases, as many of the spring books that got shifted are finally hitting shelves.

That just means lots of great new reading, right?

This Week’s YA Book News

Reese Witherspoon launches a YA book club, and her first pick is the outstanding queer rom-com You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson. (Psst: don’t miss Leah and I talking great back list queer YA titles on an extra credit episode of Hey YA!).
Stephenie Meyer may have two more Twilight books up her sleeve. Given that Midnight Sun sold a million copies in its first week, I’m not surprised.
I’m not so sure this is news, but I dig the new cover and suspect some may want to add it to their shelves: the 10th anniversary edition of Ally Condie’s Matched is pretty!
The Upper World, a YA book that hasn’t even hit shelves yet, has a stellar team attached to the adaptation already.
The trailer for Unpregnant so perfectly captures the tone of the book and I cannot wait to watch this.
One of Us Is Lying has been ordered for a season at Peacock.
Elsie Chapman’s Caster series has been optioned for adaptation.
Over on School Library Journal, I have two pieces: one on how librarians are using TikTok to connect with young patrons and one on recent funny YA books.