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Listen to Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley; read by Isabella Star LeBlanc. In Firekeeper’s Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community.
Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.
Hey YA Readers!
It’s a quiet time in the YA book news world this week, so prepare to settle in with some extra time for catching up on those new books.
YA Book News
- Kwame Alexander’s The Crossover is slated for adaptation.
- This year’s Audies winner in the YA category is Clap When You Land.
- Peep the next novel from Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal.
New YA Books
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Anna K by Jenny Lee (paperback, series)
Bruised by Tanya Boteju
Fadeaway by E. B. Vickers
Flamefall by Rosaria Munda (series)
The Follower by Kate Doughty
Girls With Rebel Souls by Suzanne Young (series)
Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
Master of His Fate by James Tobin
My Name Is Not Peaseblossom by Jackie French (paperback)
Renegade Flight by Andrea Tang
The Secret Recipe for Moving On by Karen Bischer
Spellhacker by M. K. England (paperback)
The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani (series)
We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia (series, paperback)
Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker (paperback)
With a Star in My Hand by Margarita Engle (paperback)
Your Heart, My Sky by Margarita Engle
This Week at Book Riot
- Dig into these YA historical fiction starring teen girls of color.
- YA thrillers starring marginalized teens.
- And don’t miss these YA books about survival.
Thanks for hanging out! I’m off for my parental leave and Tirzah will be taking over the YA newsletter until I’m back in July. Rock on, y’all!
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.