We’re thrilled to celebrate all of our ALA YMA winners and finalists this year!! Stonewall Book AwardI KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston (honor book)The Stonewall Awards honor books and authors for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience. William C. Morris AwardWAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne (finalist)The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, […]
Tag: Books for Teens
Day’s YA: DIVINE RIVALS
DIVINE RIVALS by Rebecca Ross97812508574394/4/23Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley What do you get when you cross You’ve Got Mail with LOVELY WAR and FABLE? You get a sweepingly romantic love story set during a fictional historical war about two rivals who send anonymous letters to each other. It’s an era of […]
Day’s YA: BLOOD DEBTS
BLOOD DEBTS by Terry J. Benton-Walker97812508259264/4/23Tor TeenAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss Sixteen-year-old twins Clement and Cristina used to be close, but lately they are incapable of understanding each other. They come from a powerful magical family in New Orleans, but that couldn’t save their father from dying or their mother from falling ill. As […]
Day’s YA: INTO THE LIGHT
INTO THE LIGHT by Mark Oshiro97812508122543/28/2023Tor TeenAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss “We are trying to strip all evils out of you.” Manny and his sister Elena grew up in the foster care system, bouncing from house to house. Until the day the Sullivans came into their life and adopted them out of the blue. […]
2023 William C. Morris Finalist – WAKE THE BONES
We’re thrilled to share that WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne is a finalist for the 2023 William C. Morris Debut Award! WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth KilcoyneA dark horror fantasy about Laurel Early, a young woman who drops out of her first year of college to return to the rural Kentucky farm she grew […]
Kirkus Best Books of 2022 – YA
Feast your eyes on Kirkus‘ Best YA Books of 2022! Best YA Fiction of 2022 FULL FLIGHT by Ashley Schumacher Best YA Romance of 2022 BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min Best YA Mystery and Thriller of 2022 I’M THE GIRL by Courtney Summers Best YA Horror of 2022 OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert […]
Day’s YA: MISSING CLARISSA
MISSING CLARISSA by Ripley Jones97812508019683/7/23Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Everyone loves a dead girl…and a true crime podcast. Nothing ever happens in the small town of Oreville. Except for in the summer of 1999 when the charming and popular cheerleader Clarissa Campbell disappeared into thin air from the local party spot […]
2023 Texas Tayshas Reading List
We’re thrilled to have eleven titles on the 2023 Texas Tayshas Reading List! FULL FLIGHT by Ashley Schumacher (in the top ten!)TONIGHT WE RULE THE WORLD by Zack Smedley (in the top ten!)ALL OF US VILLAINS by Amanda Foody and C.L. HermanI KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuistonLONG STORY SHORT by Serena KaylorONCE UPON A […]
Day’s YA: WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS
WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS by Andrea Hannah97812508426262/21/23Wednesday BooksAges 12-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley In the town of Bishop, the sunflowers see everything and the land lives off of blood. Two years ago on a stormy night, three women disappeared. And as Bishop is known for its missing women and mysterious deaths, they were paid […]
Day’s YA: ALWAYS THE ALMOST
ALWAYS THE ALMOST by Edward Underhill97812508352082/14/23Wednesday BooksAges 12-18 Sixteen-year-old trans guy Miles has exactly two New Year’s resolutions: 1. Get back his ex-boyfriend, Shane, and 2. beat his arch-nemesis at the biggest classical piano competition of the year. Unfortunately, neither of these things are as easy as he wants them to be. First of all, […]
