Hey YA Pals!
Let’s dive into this week’s YA book news and new books. It’s been quieter on the news side, but I suspect we’ll see an uptick before too long as the busy season for publishing kicks into gear.
YA Book News
- It doesn’t surprise me to see The Baby-Sitters Club won’t get a third season at Netflix. The promotion of the last season was pretty non-existence.
- We will get the Netflix adaptation of Christopher Pike’s The Midnight Club this year.
- The Polari Prize is a brand new prize honoring UK-published LGBTQ+ books for kids and young adults.
- Here’s positive news about the future of an adaptation for They Both Die At The End.
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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Game Changer by Abbi Glines (series)
Being Mary Bennet by J. C. Peterson
I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin
Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
Wrecked by Heather Henson
Paperback
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A Queen of Gilded Horns by Amanda Joy (series)
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell (series)
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew
That Way Madness Lies edited by Dahlia Adler
The Light of Days by Judy Batalion (nonfiction)
A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth (series)
Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!
YA Talk at Book Riot
- Diverse YA books hitting shelves for late spring 2022.
- A roundup of the best cookbooks for teens.
- Not all of the titles on this roundup of fat representation on comics are YA but several are!
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Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you for some great deals on Saturday. Until then, happy reading!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram.