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, […]
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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 […]
Teen Talk (3/26/3019 Edition)
Hello, YA librarians! Check out our latest & greatest YA titles from this month, then join us on Twitter today at 2:30pm EST for Early Word YA Galley Chat (#ewgcya) and tell us what you’ve been reading & loving! TIN HEART by Shivaun Plozza9781250312761Ages 12 to 18When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second […]
Day’s YA – WICKED SAINTS
Happy Friday, YA pals! My latest pick is a dark, gothic-inspired fantasy that had me hooked from the first chapter. WICKED SAINTS by Emily A. Duncan9781250195661Available April 2, 2019 from Wednesday BooksAges 13 to 18 “My name is Nadezhda Lapteva, she thought. I am from the monastery in the Baikkle Mountains. I am a cleric […]
Day’s YA – ECHO NORTH
Happy Friday, YA librarians! Spring is around the corner (or so they say…), but the setting in this fairy tale retelling is as frigid as they come. Bundle up! ECHO NORTH by Joanna Ruth Meyer9781624147159Ages 14 And UpAvailable now from Page Street Kids As a child, Echo Alkaev was brutally attacked by a wolf. Her […]
2019 Audie Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2019 Audie Winners! Winner Thriller/Suspense: CRIMSON LAKE by Candice Fox Winner Young Adult: SADIE by Courtney Summers […]
Adult Books for Teens
Booklist and School Library Journal have deemed these adult books to be great for teens . . . and we agree! I.M. by Isaac MizrahiAlso available in audioIsaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. He’s a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory, just as likely […]