Hey YA Readers!
Let’s dive into this week’s new paperback releases, as well as this week’s (very adaptation heavy) YA news.
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New Releases
Two of this week’s exciting paperback releases. Note you may need to toggle at the link to get to the paperback edition.
Want more of this week’s YA paperback releases? Here you go!
In The Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland
In this standalone fantasy, a Rovan–who is pansexual and a bloodmage–is forced to team up with an undead spirit in an alliance that will cause a huge rebellion between the living and the dead. This is a dark read, but as one reviewer put it, “This book is not here to play when it comes to The Gay Agenda.”
Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi
Though they exist, it can be tricky to find books that are tailor-made for younger teen readers. This is one of them. Fourteen-year-old Parvin is an Iranian-American set on capturing the attention of the cute guy named Matty. Too bad her last relationship was an utter disaster and she herself is far too nerdy for him. Her plan? Mirror the kinds of leads in the rom-coms she loves.
YA Book News
- The Hunger Games prequel film has cast its President Snow.
- Tom Ryan’s queer mystery Keep This To Yourself has been optioned for adaptation.
- What a great slate of Locus Award finalists in YA.
- This is an interesting read about YA adaptations and how they can be a good investment . . . only thing is, a number of these upcoming films they talk about as YA are not YA books.
- Fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip died. Much of her work was for younger readers, including teens.
And that’s all she wrote!
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday for some YA book deals. Until then, happy reading!
— Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars on Twitter. I just finished up reading Private Label by Kelly Yang this week and wasn’t disappointed.