We’re over the moon! Mystery Writers of America announced their Edgar Awards last night and SADIE by Courtney Summers is the 2019 winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult! The Edgar Awards honor the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, and television. […]
Books for Teens
May YA E-Book Sale for Libraries
Expand your Young Adult collection with our YA e-Book sale! Running May 1 through May 15, six YA e-Books will be discounted 25% off (with our regular lending terms): CARRY ON by Rainbow Rowell I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin IN SIGHT OF STARS by Gae Polisner SKY IN THE […]
SLJ’s YA / Teen Book Buzz Webcast (4/23/19)
We hope you tuned in to today’s School Library Journal YA / Teen Book Buzz Webcast, but if you missed it, here are the title list and slides. The archived webinar is available here. See something you like? Request to be whitelisted for our e-galleys on Edelweiss! And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram […]
Day’s YA – BIRTHDAY
Happy Friday, YA librarians! We’re back from TLA and our TBR piles are a mile high. If you’re in a similar situation, I recommend you start with this #ownvoices YA love story from Stonewall Award winner Meredith Russo. BIRTHDAY by Meredith Russo9781250129833Available May 21, 2019 from Flatiron Books YAAges 13 to 18 Eric and Morgan, […]
Macmillan Library @ BookExpo 2019
We can’t wait to see you in New York City next month during BookExpo (Macmillan booth #1544-1545), and at these fantastic events: Wednesday, May 29 School Library Journal “Day of Dialog” 1:20-1:50 PM Publisher Pitch III starring Emily Day and her favorite YAs! 1:50–2:40 PM YA Panel III with Kim Liggett, THE GRACE YEAR Library […]
Maximum Shelf: RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE
Today’s featured Maximum Shelf Awareness pick is the big-hearted rom-com of the summer, RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston. First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing […]
Day’s YA – THIS IS NOT A LOVE SCENE
TGIF, YA friends! We’re heating up this chilly Friday with a steamy #ownvoices YA romance. THIS IS NOT A LOVE SCENE by S.C. Megale9781250190499Available May 7, 2019 from Wednesday BooksAges 14 to 18 Eighteen-year-old Maeve is ready to lose her v-card. Unfortunately, her rare form of muscular dystrophy confines her to a wheelchair and means […]
2020 YALSA Award Nominees
Congratulations to our nominees for YALSA’s 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults list! THE GRACE YEAR by Kim LiggettAvailable now from Wednesday BooksAges 14 to 18 No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden.Girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, drive women mad with jealousy. They believe […]
Sign Up Now: SLJ YA / Teen Webcast
Get ahead of the curve and discover the latest and greatest hot reads during SLJ’s 2019 Teen Book Buzz webcast! We’ll be presenting some of our favorite upcoming YA titles from Wednesday Books and Flatiron Books YA on April 23, 2019 at 2:00 pm EST. You won’t want to miss it! Click here to register […]
Cover Reveal! Melissa Albert’s THE NIGHT COUNTRY
New York Times bestselling author Melissa Albert is back with THE NIGHT COUNTRY, the highly anticipated sequel to THE HAZEL WOOD, and we’re so excited to share the beautiful cover and an exclusive excerpt! Can you ever truly escape the Hazel Wood? In the sequel to her New York Times bestselling, literary/commercial breakout, THE HAZEL […]