Hey YA

Eric and Kelly take a deep dive into YA books that feature protests, as well as YA books with extensive casts.

This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast; TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; and Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud.

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SHOW NOTES

Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

For The Win by Cory Doctorow

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

Running by Natalia Sylvester

Audacity by Melanie Crowder

This Side of Home by Renée Watson

Girls Resist: A Guide to Activism, Leadership, and Starting a Revolution! By Kaelyn Rich

Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock

A Heart In a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

We Didn’t Ask for This by Adi Alsaid

March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen

Kid Activists by Robin Stevenson

We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian

The Kid Table by Andrea Seigel

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep by Allan Wolf

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate

Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

All of This is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor

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As a special bonus for Hey YA listeners, please enjoy this ode to Meg Medina from Get Booked’s Amanda Nelson.

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Eric and Kelly are back to talk about YA set in the ’90s and short YA reads for short attention spans.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes made by Book Riot, The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune, and Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi.

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SHOW NOTES

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

Now That I’ve Found You

Agnes At The End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

Love, Victor

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Fireworks by Katie Cotugno

Who Put This Song On by Morgan Parker

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson

Rebel Girls by Elizabeth Keenan

Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett

Way to Go by Tom Ryan

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Skyscraping by Cordelia Jensen

We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

I Felt a Funeral in my Brain by Will Walton

March: Book 1 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Burn Out by Kristi Helvig

What Goes Up by Christine Heppermann

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

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Jenn Northington of Get Booked and SFF Yeah fills in for Eric to talk about two must-read fantasy series!

This episode is sponsored by The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune.

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SHOW NOTES

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

The Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

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Kelly and special guest Amma Marfo talk about The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes made by Book Riot, Flatiron Books, publishers of Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and In the Neighborhood of True By Susan Kaplan Carlton, new from Algonquin Young Readers.

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Show Notes

Amma Marfo (The Interrobang, Twitter, Instagram)

“What Makes The Baby-Sitters Club Endure?”

“The Baby-Sitters Club” on Annotated

The New York Times review of “The Baby-Sitters Club”

Variety on “The Baby-Sitters Club”

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Eric is joined by Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of novels like 99 Days, and recently, Rules for Being a Girl with Candace Bushnell, to talk favorite backlist titles and what it’s like working with a legend.

This episode is sponsored by Humanity’s Gauntlet: The Archons Rise by Brian A. Sieteski.

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SHOW NOTES

99 Days, by Katie Cotugno

Fireworks, by Katie Cotugno

Rules for Being a Girl with Candace Bushnell

The Lightness of Hands, by Jeff Garvin

The New Guy, by Amy Spalding

Moxie, by Jennifer Mathieu

The Way You Make Me Feel, by Maureen Goo

I Believe In a Thing Called Love, by Maureen Goo

Broetry, by Brian McGackin

Grace and the Fever, by Zan Romanoff

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Eric and Kelly talk about YA books where the setting is almost a character in and of itself, as well as highlight their summer YA TBRs.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes made by Book Riot, A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow, and Agnes At The End of the World by Kelly McWilliams.

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SHOW NOTES

Book Riot reader/listener survey

Timekeeper by Tara Sim

The Mall by Megan McCafferty

War and Speech by Don Zolidis

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi

The November Girl by Lydia Kang

Toxic by Lydia Kang

Start Here by Trish Doller

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Wicked Saints by Emily Duncan

Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters

Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

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Kelly and YA author Leah Johnson highlight excellent backlist queer YA books you should pick up ASAP.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift!

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SHOW NOTES

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

The Griefkeeper by Alexandra Villasante

The God Box by Alex Sanchez

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

Ace of Spaces by Faridah  Àbíké-Íyímídé

Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz

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Eric and Kelly dig into anti-racist YA books and then highlight YA books with food covers that make for delicious reading.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes made by Book Riot, the audiobook edition of A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout sport for the Book Riot community.

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SHOW NOTES

It’s Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by Lauren Morrill

Ghosting by Sarvenaz Tash and Sarah Skilton

The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Into The Streets: A Young Person’s Visual History of Protest in the United States by Mark Bieschke

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall and A. D’Amico

This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

The Hate U Give and Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

Slay by Brittney Morris

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

How It Went Down and Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian

A La Carte by Tanita S. Davis

The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

The Art of French Kissing by Brianna R. Shrum

Love à la Mode by Stephanie Kate Strohm

Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love edited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

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Kelly and YA author Lev Rosen talk about Far From You by Tess Sharpe and dive deep into queer characters who get to be messy.

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SHOW NOTES

Camp by LC Rosen

Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) by LC Rosen

Far From You by Tess Sharpe

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

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