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In the aftermath of Headmaster Boddy’s murder, Blackbrook Academy has been thrown into complete disarray. Half the student body hasn’t bothered to return to campus—but those who have now warily refer to Orchid, Vaughn, Scarlett, Peacock, Plum, and Mustard, as the Murder Crew. When another staff member is found dead and an anonymous threat begins to target the group, each of the teen’s opportunistic reasons for sticking around come to light. Everything comes to a dramatic head at Tudor House, with a cliff-hanger that will leave readers eager for the final installment in the series.
Hey YA Readers!
We’re light on YA news this week, but we are not light on new YA books. Let’s dive in!
YA Book News
- Here are the National Book Award finalists for Young People’s Literature.
- Hello, Pride adaptation!!
- Check out the cover for the third book on Julie Murphy’s “Dumplin'” series: Puddin‘.
- Make sure you have the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival on your virtual calendar for December.
- Claudia Gray’s “Leia” YA book is being made into manga.
- HBO Max will air the Lumberjanes animated show.
- The trailer for Netflix’s November-releasing YA adaptation of Dash and Lily is up!
New YA Books
Above All Else by Dana Alison Levy
Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald (series)
Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lai (paperback)
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Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe
Color Outside The Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna (paperback)
Come On In edited by Adi Alsaid
Concrete Kids by Amyra León (paperback, nonfiction)
Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron
Descent by Roland Smith (series)
Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka
A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White (paperback, series)
In The Study With The Wrench by Diana Peterfreund (series)
Junk Boy by Tony Abbott
A Kingdom for a Stage by Heidi Heilig (series, paperback)
Lightbringer by Claire Legrand (series)
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds and illustratted by Danica Novgorodoff
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The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco (paperback, series)
The Puppetmaster’s Apprentice by Lisa DeSelm
Rural Voices edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter
The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith
Storm The Earth by Rebecca Kim Wells (series)
Taking On The Plastics Crisis by Hannah Testa (paperback, nonfiction)
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi (paperback)
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This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi
Time Travel for Love and Profit by Sarah Lariviere
The Truth Project by Dante Medema
We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu
When You Ask Me Where I’m Going by Jasmin Kaur (paperback)
Winter, White and Wicked by Shannon Dittemore
You Know I’m No Good by Jessie Ann Foley
This Week at Book Riot
- A deep dive into Native American and Indigenous children’s and young adult literature.
- 10 of the best YA books set in the 90s.
- YA books featuring bilingual main characters.
- Get witchy with these YA witch books.
- Looking at why the medieval girl in a tower trope still exists in YA.
- YA books about aliens and the unexplained.
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Check out this awesome gallery of YA book covers that are available as a digital download. Perfect for your classroom or your library (or bedroom or office…). $10. Next week, you’ll get to see so many more similar rad printable YA art options.
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday with great YA ebook deals.
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.