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Erica gets into a few YA novels in verse with interesting female protagonists.

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Books Discussed:

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

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This week, Erica and Tirzah discuss the importance of found family YA books, especially during the holidays, and offer some recommendations!

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Books and Links:

LGBTQ+ Youth and Homelessness

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Bruised by Tanya Boteju

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Darling by K. Ancrum

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

Fairy Tail, Vol. 01 by Hiro Mashima

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Tirzah recommends three YA graphic novels from her 2021 reading.

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Books Discussed:

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar Jupiter

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

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Tirzah Price is reintroduced to the show as she and Erica discuss some YA news, 2021 releases that were overlooked, as well as a few must-not-miss end of the year releases.

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SHOWNOTES

Books and authors mentioned in the beginning:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Rush of Wings by Laura Weymouth,

Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta

Authors Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir

Overlooked Books:

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance

This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

The Valley and the Flood by Rebecca Mahoney

In the Same Boat by Holly Green

Fierce as the Wind by Tara Wilson Redd

Must-Not-Miss End of the Year Releases:

 Revolution in Our Time by Kekla Magoon

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Starling by Isabel Strychacz

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

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Erica talks a little about what she finds appealing about space operas and gets into a few YA titles.

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SHOW NOTES

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders 

Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan

Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

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Kelly and Erica dive into short stories, new and forthcoming YA nonfiction, and Kelly offers her final sign-off.

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SHOWNOTES

“All 850 Books Texas Lawmaker Matt Krause Wants To Ban”

Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker

Color Outside the Lines: Stories about Love edited by Sangu Mandanna

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft edited by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood

Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi Zoboi

Up All Night edited by Laura Silverman

Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults) by Alice Wong

Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition by Anton Treuer

Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood by Brittney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner, and Susana Morris

Man Called Horse: John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad by Glennette Tilley Turner (note: for some reason the upcoming young reader edition isn’t showing up on Amazon, but it’s available to look at here!).

The Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene

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Erica discusses YA novels from all over the world— a few of which have won awards— that have been translated into English.

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SHOW NOTES

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, from South Korea

Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr, from Palestine

The Other Side by Juan Pablo Villalobos, from Mexico

Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins, from Brazil

Aya by Marguerite Abouet, from the Ivory Coast

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Kelly and Erica get a little spicy as they discuss some wonderful YA retellings as well as books that take place in areas outside of Europe and the United States.

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Shownotes

Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Where The Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong, Shanghai

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba

Diary of a Tokyo Teen by Christin Mari Inzer

Bloody Seoul by Sonia Patel

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather

The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

For more YA set around the world, check out this post from Kelly.

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Kelly and guest Amma Marfo talk about The Baby-Sitters Club, Season Two.

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SHOW NOTES

Amma Marfo — Twitter, Instagram

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Kelly and Erica dive into recent YA books that explore mental health and highlight some really pretty graphic novels.

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SHOWNOTES

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Home, Home by Lisa Allen Agostini

When The Stars Lead To You by Ronni Davis

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves

The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt

Summer Spirit by Elizabeth Holleville

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib

The Tea Dragon Series by Kay O’Neill, starting with the Tea Dragon Society

My Last Summer with Cass by Mark Crilley

Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky

Crushing by Sophie Burrows

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