Day’s YA: Letter to Librarians From S. Jae-Jones

GUARDIANS OF DAWN: ZHARA by S. Jae-Jones97812501914278/1/2023Wednesday BooksAges 12-18 Dear Librarian: I was six years old when I first won the ice cream social prize for having read the most books for the summer reading challenge. The minimum number had been ten; I read fifty. Almost all of them had come from the library. For […]

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Day’s YA: UNEXPECTING

UNEXPECTING by Jen Bailey9781250780942Wednesday Books8/22/23Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Benjamin Morrison is content with his life, even if it’s not perfect. Sure, he’s got a complicated relationship with his mom and her 4 ex-husbands, and he never got a chance to meet his dad before he died, but he’s about to start […]

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YA Spotlight (5/15/23)

Today we’re spotlighting two excellent teen reads: a heartwarming romance about a high school senior torn between baking and academics, and an emotional and raw story of a young man managing grief after the loss of his best friend. RUBI RAMOS’S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS BY JESSICA PARRA “Propulsive chapters, plenty of high-stakes tension, and candid […]

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Day’s YA: TILLY IN TECHNICOLOR

TILLY IN TECHNICOLOR by Mazey Eddings9781250847065 (HC) | 9781250328120 (TP)8/15/23Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Plenty of us are already huge Mazey fans, so I know many will be delighted to hear that she’s finally coming out with a YA novel! Get ready to jump back into the MECU (Mazey Eddings Cinematic […]

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Day’s YA: GHOSTED

GHOSTED: A Northanger Abbey Novel by Amanda Quain9781250865076Wednesday Books7/25/23Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Hattie Tilney is doing everything she can to be the perfect daughter. She’s made sure to blend into the senior class at Northanger Abbey by curating a small group of friends, never talking about her dead dad, and certainly […]

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Day’s YA: THE PRINCE & THE APOCALYPSE

THE PRINCE & THE APOCALYPSE by Kara McDowellTP: 9781250873064 | HC: 97812508730407/11/23Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Wren Wheeler has been looking forward to her senior-year trip to London for years. And she has a minute-by-minute itinerary planned to prove it. But once she is there, nothing is going as she thought. […]

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2023 YA Starred Reviews Round-Up

These YA reads are all pretty stellar, but don’t just take our word for it check out what School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly have to say in their starred reviews! ALWAYS THE ALMOST by Edward Underhill9781250835208 | Available Now (2/14/23) “A trans teen pianist grapples with coming out, competition, and romance in […]

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Day’s YA: WHERE ECHOES DIE

WHERE ECHOES DIE by Courtney Gould97812508257976/20/23Wednesday BooksAges 14-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Backravel, Arizona. This strange small town in the middle of the desert has had a hold on Beck for years, in one way or another. For as long as she can remember, her journalist mother, Ellery, would leave their home in […]

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Day’s YA: GOING BICOASTAL

GOING BICOASTAL by Dahlia Adler97812508716406/13/2023Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Natalya Fox has a big decision to make. She can either spend her summer in New York with her dad, or in Los Angeles with her mom. But there’s a lot to factor in. She already lives with her dad and is […]

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Day’s YA: GIRLS LIKE GIRLS

GIRLS LIKE GIRLS by Hayley Kiyoko97812508176315/30/2023Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and Netgalley Flip phones. Tattoo choker necklaces. CDs. Bike rides. AIM. It’s summer in the 2000s. Coley has just moved to a sleepy small town in Oregon to live with her dad who she barely knows after losing her mother. She’s completely alone…again. […]

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