Erica highlights some new YA genre-bending thrillers and Kelly talks with YA author Candace Fleming about her latest book, Death in the Jungle, as well as cults and YA nonfiction.

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Show Notes:

The Devil's in the Dancers by Catherine Yu

Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea

When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur

Empty Heaven by Freddie Kölsch

Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith

Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming

The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming

"What Makes for Good YA Nonfiction" from School Library Journal

Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat

Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

Cultish by Amanda Montell

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

Underground by Haruki Murakami

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson

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