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WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
Newly minted Ph.D., Noah Parker landed his dream job at Reptilian Corp. one of the hottest tech companies. He’s eager to put his genetic engineering expertise to use designing new lines of Reptilian’s feature product — living, breathing dragons.
Reptilian is desperate to crack the general retail market by creating a dragon that can be the perfect family pet.
While Noah’s research may help Reptilian create domesticated dragons, Noah has a secret plan to slip changes into the dragons’ genetic code, bending the company’s products to another purpose entirely.
Hey YA Fans!
It should come as no surprise that there’s little YA news to share this early in the new year but what IS a pleasant surprise is how many new YA books hit shelves this week. Get ready to get your read on.
YA Book News
- The new Star Wars: The High Republic project launches, including new Star Wars YA by mega-bestsellers.
- A look at some 2021 YA to get excited about.
- If you haven’t seen the incredible lists of YA books selected by the bloggers at The Nerdy Book Club for their annual Nerdies Awards, you should!
- For writers out there or for those who work with writers, Malinda Lo’s newsletter has featured such a treasure chest of writing and revising tools and strategies.
New YA Books
There are SO MANY new books this week. I’ve not yet read any of these titles — I’ve been too busy adding them to my TBR. Note that for paperback releases, you may need to toggle the option once you click the link.
11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell (paperback)
The Accidental Bad Girl by Maxine Kaplan (paperback)
All The Days Past, All The Days To Come by Mildred D. Taylor (paperback)
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The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Tiffany D. Jackson
Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala
Chosen by Kiersten White (paperback, series)
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende (paperback reissue of a classic series)
City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexler (paperback, series)
The End and Other Beginnings by Veronica Roth (paperback)
Ever After by Amanda Hocking (paperback)
Glimpsed by G.F. Miller
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (paperback, series)
The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis (paperback, series)
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Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury
Influence by Sara Shepard and Lilia Buckingham
It’s All Love by Jenna Ortega
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, translated by Lilit Thwaites (paperback)
The Life I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
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Lore by Alexandra Bracken
Monsters Among Us by Monica Rodden
Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa (paperback, series)
One Of The Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
The Quantum Weirdness Of The Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks
Race Against Time by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace
Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis
Rules For Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno (paperback)
Siege of Rage and Ruin by Django Wexler (series)
Separate No More by Lawrence Goldstone
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett (paperback)
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Tales From The Hinterland by Melissa Albert (series)
The Warrior’s Curse by Jennifer A. Nielsen (paperback, series)
What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel (paperback)
When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris
You Have a Match by Emma Lord
YA Book Talk at Book Riot
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- Need even more 2021 YA books on your radar? Here’s a look at nearly everything publishing between now and the end of March.
- Whether you’re participating in the 2021 Read Harder Challenge or not, you’ll want to check out these realistic YA books set outside the US, UK, and Canada.
- Great read alouds for middle schoolers.
Thanks for hanging out and welcome to a new year of all things YA. Happy to have you!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.