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Todd Mayer is dead. Now he’s a ghost, hovering over his body, which has just been found in the town park, naked and frozen in the snow. As detectives investigate Todd’s homicide, talking to the very people who are responsible for how he died, Todd replays the events that lead him to his death. Georgia didn’t know Todd. But she can’t stop thinking about him. Maybe it’s because they’re both outcasts at their school, or because they’re both queer. It might also be because Georgia has a feeling she’s seen Todd somewhere before, somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be.
Hey YA Readers!
Let’s dive into this week’s YA book news and the new YA books hitting shelves. I’ve been going one-on, one-off with YA lately (that is, every other book I read lately is YA) and have been enjoying titles like this week’s release No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado.
YA Book News
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn is being adapted for television.
- Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret will hit theaters in September.
- A really fabulous interview with five Black YA authors about why joyful books are important.
- What it’s like being the target of book challengers as a school librarian.
- Between the Lines, the YA novel Jodi Picoult wrote with daughter Samantha van Leer, is becoming an off-Broadway musical.
- All of the amazing YA SFF hitting shelves this month.
New YA Books This Week
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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Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti
Finding Her Edge by Jennifer Iacopelli
From Dust, A Flame by Rebecca Podos
Golden Boys by Phil Stamper
In Harm’s Way by Michael J. Tougias and Doug Stanton
Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity by Angela Velez
Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams
No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado
Pinball by Jon Chad
Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota, illustrated by J.R. Doyle
Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon
You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen
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Payback by Kristen Simmons (series)
Dryer’s English: Young Readers Edition by Benjamin Dreyer (nonfiction)
How To Change Everything: Young Readers Edition by Naomi Klein and adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann
We Are The Ashes, We Are The Fire by Joy McCullough
Make sure to get your own Read Harder Book Journal from Book Riot to track your reading for the year!
YA Talk at Book Riot
- American librarians chose their favorite YA audiobooks of the year.
- A look at some popular teen books of 2022.
- This roundup of 2022 queer retellings includes a number of YA titles.
- Last week’s book censorship news.
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This book lover mug is so much fun, and it makes me yearn for reading a book out in my hammock with a glass of lemonade and ice. $12.
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Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday for some sizzling deals and Monday for some cover fun.
Happy reading!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.