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Friday, March 5, 2021

The Best Young Adult Nonfiction for Women’s History Month

March 2, 2021March 4, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Paul, Ann Angel, Becoming, Charles and Emma, Claudette Colvin, Deborah Heiligman, Deborah Kops, Hidden Figures, I Am Malala, Irène Curie, Janis Joplin, Lise Meitner, Lita Judge, Malala Yousafzai, Margot Lee Shetterly, Mary's Monster, Michelle Obama, Phillip M. Hoose, Radioactive!, Rebecca Skloot, Sally Ride, Sonia Sotomayor, Tam O’Shaughnessy, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Twice Toward Justice, Winifred Conkling

From scientists to activists to singers, these women changed the world

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An Exciting Year For Black Young Adult Authors

February 18, 2021March 3, 2021 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Camryn Garrett, Debbie Rigaud, Fast Pitch, Ilyas'a Shabazz, Instructions for Dancing, Jay Coles, Leah Johnson, Love is a Revolution, Muted, nic stone, Nicola Yoon, Off the Record, Renee Watson, Rise to the Sun, Sharon Flake, Simone Breaks All The Rules, Tami Charles, The Awakening of Malcolm X, The Life I'm In, The Skin I'm In, Things We Couldn't Say, Tiffany Jackson

Great new narratives from returning favorites

FICTION Young Adult

Ten Great Young-Adult Fiction Debuts for the Next Two Months

February 8, 2021February 10, 2021 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments A Pho Love Story, Adrienne Tooley, Amelia Unabridged, American Betiya, Anuradha D. Rajurkar, Ashley Schumacher, Bethany Mangle, Denny S. Bryce, Hot British Boyfriend, Karen Bischer, Kristy Boyce, Loan Le, Louise Willingham, Monica Gomez-Hira, Not Quite Out, Once Upon a Quinceañera, Prepped, The Secret Recipe for Moving On, weet and Bitter Magic, Wild Women and the Blues

Across genres and cultures, publishing’s hottest sector continues to deliver

FICTION Young Adult

‘Concrete Rose’: a Compassionate Prequel to ‘The Hate U Give’

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose, The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas’s love letter to Black boys everywhere

FICTION Young Adult

Groomed

September 15, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Grown, Tiffany B. Jackson

YA novel ‘Grown’ highlights the dangers for teenage Black girls in relationships with older men

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Jordan Marie Green Plays with ‘Fire’

September 2, 2020September 8, 2020 Sharyn Vane 8 Comments Dancing With Fire, Flatiron Books, Hawai'i, Jordan Marie Green, Macmillan, Melanie Conklin

Another YA author pulls book after criticism about cultural representation

FICTION Young Adult

‘This is My America’ Takes On Racial Inequality

August 12, 2020August 16, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Eric Garner, Kim Johnson, Rodney King, This is My America

A fast-paced, effective debut YA novel about inequities in the criminal-justice system

FICTION Young Adult

‘Parachutes’ and ‘We Are Not From Here’

June 29, 2020July 1, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Jenny Torres Sanchez, Kelly Yang, Parachutes, We Are Not From Here

Very different but equally essential stories about immigrant kids who yearn to come to America

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Juneteenth Book Fest Celebrates Black Authors

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Juneteenth, Juneteenth Book Fest, Kayla Ancrum, LL McKinney, Tochi Onyebuchi

Organizers put new festival together in three weeks

FICTION FILM Young Adult

‘Artemis Fowl’, Artless and Foul

June 13, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Artemis Fowl, Colin Farrell, Eoin Colfer, Ferdia Shaw, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Nonso Anozie

It needed help from the faeries

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“Now Is The Time”

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All American Boys, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds

In online conversation, authors of ‘All American Boys’ plead for white families to join the conversation on race

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‘The Ickabog’: a Surprise Serialized Kids’ Book from J.K. Rowling

May 26, 2020May 29, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

Harry Potter creator to donate all proceeds to COVID-19 charities

FICTION Young Adult

Young President Snow

May 20, 2020May 23, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Suzanne Collins, The Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes, The Hunger Games

‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ a prequel about the least-likable Hunger Games character

FICTION Young Adult

YA Romance for an Unromantic Time

May 6, 2020May 13, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments I.W. Gregorio, Jennifer Dugan, Marisa Kanter, This Is My Brain In Love, Verona Comics, What I Like About You

Three new books find hope in young love

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YALLSTAYHOME Festival Replaces White Moderator After Digital Outcry

April 28, 2020May 1, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Christina Soontornvat, George M. Johnson, Kelly Yang, Lauren Myracle, YALLSTAYHOME, YALLWEST

“Straight white boys are being erased too” is not the message people wanted to hear

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