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When a left-open browser brings aspiring Broadway star Millie to her dad’s embarrassingly moody LiveJournal from 2003, Millie knows she has to find her mom. There’s Steph, a still-aspiring stage actress and receptionist at a talent agency. There’s Farrah, ethereal dance teacher who clearly doesn’t have the two left feet Millie has. And Beth, the chipper and sweet stage enthusiast with an equally exuberant fifteen-year-old daughter. But how can you find a new part of your life and expect it to fit into your old one, without leaving any marks? And why is it that when you go looking for the past, it somehow keeps bringing you back to what you’ve had all along?
Hey YA Readers!
Welcome to a whole new month of YA news and new YA books. It might be a short month, but it’s going to be a good one. Let’s dive in. Note that news is light this week only because it doesn’t include the host of book challenges going on — those’ll be linked in the last section of the newsletter.
YA Book News
- Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series is getting a film adaptation.
- What happened when Angeline Boulley got the call she won the Printz award.
- If you fall into the center of the diagram of “Loves The Hunger Games” and “Film Lover,” you’ll be into the 4K box set of the adaptation.
- The Temperature of You and Me is getting a Disney+ adaptation.
New YA Books
Please note that with supply chain issues, paper supply challenges, and the pandemic more broadly, publication dates are changing at a pace I can’t keep up with. Some release dates may be pushed back. If a book catches your attention, the smartest thing to do right now is to preorder it or request it from your library. It’ll be a fun surprise when it arrives.
Hardcover
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Castles In Their Bones by Laura Sebastian (series)
Court by Tracy Wolff (series)
The Iron Sword by Julie Kagawa (series)
And We Rise by Erica Martin
Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor
Forward March by Skye Quinlan
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
In The Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman
Once More With Chutzpah by Haley Neil
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Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough
Required Reading for Disenfranchised Freshmen by Kristen R. Lee by Kristen R. Lee
Respect the Mic edited by Peter Kahn and Hanif Abdurraqib
These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi (series)
Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule
Paperback
All The Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace (series)
At Somerton: Diamonds and Deceit by Leila Rasheed (series)
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (series)
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (series)
Murder of Crows by K. Ancrum (series)
Red Tigress by Amélie Wen Zhao (series)
Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders (series)
Admission by Julie Buxbaum
Bones of a Saint by Grant Farley
Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy
Charming As a Verb by Ben Philippe
Deepfake by Sarah Darer Littman
Destination Anywhere by Sara Barnard
Girls On The Line by Jennie Liu
Heartbreakers and Fakers by Cameron Lund
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Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff (graphic novel)
Love In English by Maria E. Andreu
Love Is A Revolution by Renée Watson
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Playing With Fire by April Henry
Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica S. Olson
The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
Make sure to get your own Read Harder Book Journal from Book Riot to track your reading for the year!
YA at Book Riot
- Last week’s roundup of book challenges and book bans.
- LGBTQ+ books quietly pulled from a Washington middle school.
- YA comics and graphic novels about friendship.
- Excellent genre-blending YA books.
- What happened when I took three blind dates with a YA book.
- 2022 Contemporary YA books you’ll want on your TBR.
- A giant roundup of queer books for teens.
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Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you again on Saturday with your YA ebook deals.
Happy reading!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.