Hey YA

This week on Hey YA: Extra Credit, Tirzah talks about some great YA books that highlight working class teens with jobs!

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Books Discussed:

My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp

Jackpot by Nic Stone

Get It Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

Charming As a Verb by Ben Philippe

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

The Babysitter’s Coven by Kate Williams

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Hannah and Tirzah talk generation gaps, chronological problems, intergenerational relationships, and multigenerational stories.

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Show notes

The Bookseller mixup

Cases of mistaken identity:

Adam Silvera and Mohsin Zaidi

Hannah and Stephanie Kuehn

Tirzah and Angeline Boulley

Books!

The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

The Assignment by Liza Wiemer

Unbecoming by Jenny Downham

Dream Country by Shannon Gibney

The Whitsun Daughters by Carrie Mesrobian

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis

Love is a Revolution by Reneé Watson

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton

Dig by A.S. King

Blessing’s Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Hey YA episode on Melina Marchetta

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This week, Tirzah discusses her love of everything written by Australian author Melina Marchetta, provides a run-down of her YA fiction, and recommends a few different entry points!

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Books Discussed:

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchette

The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta

A Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta

Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta

Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta

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Hannah and Tirzah talk about exciting news from Disney-Hyperion and then dive into standalone high fantasy.

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Show notes

Disney-Hyperion news

“Brown for No Reason” article

Beauty by Robin McKinley

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Girls Made of Glass and Snow by Melissa Bashardoust

Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor

Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

Ash by Malinda Lo

Huntress by Malinda Lo

Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth

A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean

Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross

Burn by Patrick Ness (mentioned by Hannah as “another book about dragons”)

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh (releases February 2022–sorrynotsorry!)

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Summer’s nearly here, and everybody loves summer reading! Hannah is here to give you a preview of some of the books she and Tirzah plan on reading (or revisiting) this summer in order to watch the video on-demand screen adaptations of, and then they’ll be talking about them on the podcast. Please read and watch alongside us, and let us know what you’re thinking on social media! And stay tuned for episodes all summer long, of course.

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Show Notes

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri and Jesse Joshua Watson

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan

Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things by Lev Grossman

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Hannah and Tirzah give a lesson on the history of publishing’s paperback and hardcover divide, and intersections with socioeconomic classes, capitalism, and more….then they talk about small and indie presses, which makes for a lot of overlap with the paperback conversation, actually!

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Show Notes: Books

The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre

Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters

Blood Countess by Lana Popović

Poison Priestess by Lana Popović

The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby

Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narvaez Varela

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger and Rovina Cai

Cheer Up! by Crystal Frasier and Val Wise

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill

What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume

You Were Made for Me by Jenna Guillaume

Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project by Lenore Appelhans

Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters

Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad

Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil

Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

Hammer of Witches by Shana Mlawski

Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani

Show Notes: Publishers and Other Links

Swoon Reads

Underlined

Wattpad Books

Sourcebooks Fire

PJ Library / PJ Our Way

Imagination Library

Abrams / Amulet

Cinco Puntos Press

Levine Querido

Oni Press

Peachtree Publishing

KCP Loft

Ooligan Press

Soho Press

Lee & Low / Tu Books

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Happy Poetry Month! Hannah dives into twenty years’ worth of narrative verse–and a little standalone poetry, too. Also, Kelly’s baby is here and adorable, hooray!

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Show Notes

Elizabeth Acevedo

Melanie Crowder

Allan Wolf

Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones

Saving Red by Sonya Sones

The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle

A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson

How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson

American Ace by Marilyn Nelson

Skyscraping by Cordelia Jensen

An Unkindness of Ravens by Meg Kearney

The Secret of Me by Meg Kearney

Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergast

Capricious by Gabrielle Prendergast

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker

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Kelly departs for maternity leave a few days early, so Hey YA gives an early welcome to its new interim co-host, Book Riot’s own Tirzah Price! Tirzah and Hannah already co-host the Read Harder podcast, part of Book Riot’s InsidEars perks, so they recommend a number of YA books that hit many of the Read Harder challenge tasks.

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Show Notes

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

Miss Meteor by Anna-Marie McLemore and Tehlor Kay Mejía

The Black Friend by Frederick Joseph

Fighter in Velvet Gloves by Annie Boochever and Roy A. Peratrovich, Jr.

Blessing’s Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson

Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan

Colorful by Eto Mori

Hey YA episode on books in translation

Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle Pittman

The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

Hey YA: Extra Credit with Crystal Maldonado

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

A Universe of Wishes edited by Dhonielle Clayton

1000 Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

Make It Messy by Marcus Samuelsson with Veronica Chambers

Notes from a Young Black Chef: YA Edition by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier

XOXO by Axie Oh

Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle

Soaring Earth by Margarita Engle

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp

Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw

Strangers Assume My Girlfriend is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw

Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest

Hey YA: Extra Credit episode with Kristina Forest

Charming As a Verb by Ben Philippe

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis

You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson

The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork

The Babysitters’ Coven by Kate Williams

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger and Rovina Cai

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There is a lot more important work to be done, but it didn’t seem right to ignore the white supremacist terrorist act last week in Atlanta, so Hannah invited Japanese-American author Misa Sugiura to the podcast to discuss some AAPI YA authors that are a little more under the radar than the ones you’ve heard of. One book for each author is linked; the show discusses the authors’ bodies of work.

Misa is the author of It’s Not Like It’s a Secret, Love and Other Natural Disasters, and This Time Will Be Different. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks to Rioter Patricia Thang for her guidance in preparing this episode.

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Show Notes

Peasprout Chen series by Henry Lien

Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

This is My Brain in Love by I.W. Gregorio

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Control by Lydia Kang

Serpentine by Cindy Pon

The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond

Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

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Hannah and Kelly talk about awesome YA historical fiction featuring female leads and dig into YA mysteries — where have they gone?

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SHOW NOTES

Mazie by Melanie Crowder

The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinida Lo

When The Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn

Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit by Lilliam Rivera

Far From You by Tess Sharpe

Hey YA: Extra Credit about Far From You

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger and Rovina Cai

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman

Jackaby by William Ritter

City of Villains by Estelle Laure

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