Eric, Kelly, and special guest Patrick Flores talk about YA road trip novels, this year's National Book Award long list titles in Young People's Literature, and highlight a wealth of YA reads for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Sponsored by TBR, Kens by Raziel Reed, and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd from HMH.

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show Notes:

American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott

Darius The Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Agony House by Cherie Priest and Tara O’Connor

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

All That’s Left by Carrie Arcos

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

National Book Awards long list for Young People's Literature

The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Mariam Sharma Hits The Road by Sheba Karim

Saving June by Hannah Harrington

The Devil You Know by Trish Doller

Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid

An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes by Randy Ribay

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

The After Life by Daniel Ehrenhaft

We Were Here by Matt de la Pena

Going Bovine by Libba Bray

Seeing off the Johns by Rene S. Perez

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

All The Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry

A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

The Memory of Light by Francisco X Stork

Bordertown by Eric M. Esquival and Ramon Villalobos

The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

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