ALA Youth Media Awards 2023

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, Know More » […]

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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 Know More » […]

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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 Know More » […]

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YA Spotlight (7/25/22)

June and July brought us some atmospheric and addicting YA novels. Check out all the titles below to which we said a big happy pub day! NOT GOOD FOR MAIDENS by Tori Bovalino “In Bovalino’s tantalizing horror novel, a retelling of Christina Rossetti’s GOBLIN MARKET told in alternating past and present perspectives, 17-year-old asexual, white-cued Know More » […]

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Day’s YA: WAKE THE BONES

WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne97812507908287/12/22Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley The woods are shifting, and the devil is returning.  At 19 years old, Laurel Early dropped out of college, returned home to the family tobacco farm where she grew up, and resumed her taxidermy projects with her best-friends-turned-family, Ricky, Garrett, and Know More » […]

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2022 YA Starred Reviews Round-Up (so far)

These YA reads are all pretty stellar, but don’t just take our word for it check out what Booklist, Publishers Weekly, BCCB, and Kirkus Reviews have to say in their starred reviews! WAKING ROMEO by Kathryn Barker9781250174109 | available now “Packed with Shakespearean references both playful and somber . . . This breathtaking, meticulously plotted Know More » […]

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Spring/Summer 2022 YA Book Buzz

Check out some of the exciting YOUNG ADULT titles coming your way in Spring/Summer 2022! I KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston | May 3, 2022 | 9781250244451NOT GOOD FOR MAIDENS by Tori Bovalino | May 3, 2022 | 9781645674665WIND DAUGHTER by Joanna Ruth Meyer | May 17, 2022 | 9781645674368PRIMAL ANIMALS by Julia Lynn Rubin | May 24, Know More » […]

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