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Good Day, YA Readers!
Lots of exciting and fun YA news to share this week, along with a stellar lineup of new YA books. Grab your TBR because it’s going to grow.
YA Book News
- February 12 is when we’ll see the final adaptation of the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy on Netflix. Here’s the trailer!
- And here’s what’s on the soundtrack to the film.
- This is publishing news, but for readers who loved MTV Books back in the day, it’s coming back! Fun fact: chances are you’ve read one of the MTV Books and you may not have known it. Read Perks of Being a Wallflower? Welcome to the fold!
- Reese Witherspoon picked her next YA book. Am I reading right that this monthly book club looks like it might be going seasonal/quarterly now?
- The Girl at Midnight has been snapped up for adaptation.
- More casting news for the adaptation of The Sky Is Everywhere.
- I kind of knew DC was bringing a Poison Ivy novel to the YA world, but I didn’t realize this was the angle (and Kody Keplinger as writer is awesome!).
- Netflix is adapting three of Ibram X. Kendi’s anti-racism books, including his YA release with superstar Jason Reynolds.
- The Young Adult Library Services Association released their 2021 best fiction for young adults, their quick picks for reluctant readers, their best audiobooks for young adults, and their great graphic novels for teens lists. I miss when there was ceremony around these lists, since it’s a monumental task for the librarians on the committees — it’s just not the same showing up on a blog, but alas. Great picks here!
New YA Books
It’s a long list this week, so be prepared to be reading for quite a while (what a problem!).
Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift
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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson
Get a Clue by Tiffany Schmidt (paperback, series)
Girl On The Line by Faith Gardner
If I Tell You The Truth by Jasmin Kaur
The Knockout by Sajni Patel
Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
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Layoverland by Gabby Noone (paperback)
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (paperback)
Playing With Fire by April Henry
Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha (series)
Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers (paperback)
Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry (paperback)
Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw (paperback, nonfiction)
This Vicious Cure by Emily Suvada (paperback, series)
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This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry
We Free The Stars by Hafsah Faizal (series)
Wench by Maxine Kaplan
Wider Than The Sky by Katherine Rothschild
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (series)
Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall
YA Book Talk at Book Riot
- Outstanding informative books for queer teens.
- A reading guide to Laini Taylor books.
- This look at recent and forthcoming diverse romantic comedies isn’t exclusively YA, but there are a ton of YA picks here.
- Get to know the work of Cassandra Clare.
- YA readers who are seeking books like Bridgerton….look no further!
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Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday with a whole host of excellent YA ebook deals.
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.