YA Book News and New YA Books Out This Week

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Hey YA Readers!

I hope you’re hanging in there. Remember we’re all doing the best we can, and if your best is nothing at all, that’s absolutely fine. If this means you’re not reading much at all, that’s okay!

This week, like in weeks previous, there’s not a lot of YA news to share, but what there is to share is pretty big.

YA Book News

Stephenie Meyer announced that Midnight Sun, the Twilight volume from Edward’s point of view, is hitting shelves in August.
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English announced their Amelia Elizabeth Walden award finalists and this is a heck of a slate of great YA!
I didn’t even know Erin Jade Lange’s YA novel Butter was being turned into a film.
A cool interview with YA legend Judy Blume.
I still need to read Amelia Westlake Was Never Here — sitting on my shelf, of course — and now even more so before it gets the adaptation treatment.
Goosebumps isn’t YA, but I suspect a lot of YA fans will be nostalgic and excited seeing the series come to live-action TV.
Netflix’s new series Summertime is apparently based on a very popular Italian YA book series.

This Week’s New YA Books

I’ve tried to verify release dates as much as possible, given that a number of books had their publication dates shifted because of COVID-19. If the book isn’t out this week, preorder it as a surprise to your future self. A * means I’ve read and recommend the book!

American Royals by Katherine McGee (first in a series, paperback)

Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff (series)

The Betrothed by Kiera Cass (first in a series)

Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith (first in a series, paperback)

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo