This Week’s YA News and New YA Books

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Hey YA Fans!

Let’s dig into this week’s YA book news, as well as look at this week’s stellar roundup of new YA book releases.

YA Book News

This interview with Stephenie Meyer is an awesome look at her reading life.
Junauda Petrus shared her incredible essay from Body Talk, my anthology hitting shelves next week. It’s a must-read.
Need some great witch books?
YA author Louise Gornall died last week. Her book was such a great read, and if you haven’t picked it up yet, you should.
We also lost legendary children’s and YA author Kathleen Duey.
New Kid might be a middle grade graphic novel, but the news of its adaptation is so great it deserves a spot here, too (plus I suspect YA readers love this book, too!).