4 of Our Titles Shine Bright on ALA’s 2024 Rainbow Book List for Teen Readers! BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min (in the top ten!)Artistic and sensitive Santi and prickly, proud musical prodigy Suwa’s lives tangle and unravel as they create a present together, imagine a future with one another, and uncover a complicated past […]
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Day’s YA: CANTO CONTIGO
CANTO CONTIGO by Jonny Garza Villa97812508757544/9/2024Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Rafael Alvarez is on top of the world. He is the lead vocalist for the best high school mariachi group in the nation, they just claimed their eleventh consecutive win at the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional, and he made out with […]
Back to School 2023
Are you heading back to school soon? Check out these books that will get you in the school spirit! BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min9781250819093When artistic and sensitive Santi arrives at his new high school, everyone in the wildly talented marching band welcomes him with open arms. Everyone except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy […]
Heartstopper Reading Recommendations
Has season 2 of Heartstopper left you aching for more beautiful queer love stories? We’ve got just the fix! ALWAYS THE ALMOST by Edward Underhill9781250835208 | available nowA trans pianist makes a New Year’s resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in […]
One City One Book Recommendations: Coming Of Age
If you run a One City One Book program and are looking specifically for coming-of-age books for your selection this year, look no further! For even more recommendations of all genres, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog. THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE by Jessie Burton9781639731626Trade paperback available 7/9/24 Alive with the magic of eighteenth-century […]
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 […]
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 […]
Day’s YA: BEATING HEART BABY
BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min97812508190937/26/22Flatiron BooksAges 14-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Three years ago, Santi’s internet best friend, who Santi only knew as Memo, ghosted him and broke his heart, triggering a downward spiral. Now, at age 17, Santi moves to Los Angeles, ready for a fresh start and eager to fit […]
Happy Half Hour (5/23/22)
This Happy Half Hour brings us the start of a new WWII mystery series, a compelling exploration of the death industry, a YA AAPI love story with music and second chances, and an epic fantasy about an immortal hiding as a storyteller. DIE AROUND SUNDOWN by Mark Pryor | 9781250824820 | 8/16/22ALL THE LIVING AND […]
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 […]
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