Hey YA

Eric and Kelly talk about their 2020 reading goals, then offer up an array of their most-anticipated upcoming YA books.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Scavenge The Stars by Tara Sim from Amazon Publishing, and Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi.

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Live "Hey YA" recording details

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim

Dancing At The Pity Party by Tyler Feder

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Camp by LC Rosen

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Star Daughter by Shveta Thakar

Running by Natalia Sylvester

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirda

War and Speech by Don Zolidis

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Eric and Kelly highlight some of the undersung YA of 2019 and scream about what they’re reading this winter.

This episode is sponsored by The Read Harder Journal, Regretting You by Colleen Hoover from Amazon Publishing, and Book Riot’s 2020 Read Harder Challenge.

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Live Hey YA Show, February 25, 6:30 pm in Chicago

We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah

10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

The Griefkeeper by Alexsandra Villasante

I Hope You Get this Message by Farah Naz Rishi

Who Put This Song on by Morgan Parker

Better Than the Best Plan by Lauren Morrill

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven

The Stars and The Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

Ruthless Gods by Emily Duncan

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindberg by Candace Fleming

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

Dancing at The Pity Party by Tyler Feder

Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold

We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Spellhacker by M.K. England

How To Build A Heart by Maria Padian

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

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You asked, and Kelly and Eric answered. It's the holiday YA book recommendation extravaganza!

This episode is sponsored by The Read Harder Journal and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black.

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Show Notes

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Dean Hale and Shannon Hale

Black Panther: The Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith

Con Quest by Sam Maggs

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

Kiffe, Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene

Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

Slay by Brittney Morris

Under A Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely

Rotten by Michael Northrop

Trapped by Michael Northrop

172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen

The Boy In The Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt

Tyrell by Coe Booth

A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo

Spin and Fake ID by Lamar Giles

Pointe by Brandy Colbert

Who Put This Song On? By Morgan Parker

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

Six Goodbyes We Never Said by Candace Ganger

Shade Me by Jennifer Brown

Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson

Ordinary Girls by Blair Thornburgh

Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillero del Toro and Cornelia Funke

The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

Cecil Castellucci books

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John 

Run by Kody Keplinger

LGBTQ Reads

Adaptation and Inheritance by Malinda Lo

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells'

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Colthurst

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Hot Dog Girl by Jen Dugan

In The Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

Brett McCarthy: Work In Progress by Maria Padian

The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra

I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall

The November Girl by Lydia Kang

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by FC Yee

The Light At The Bottom of The World by London Shah

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

Want by Cindy Pon

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Kelly and Eric talk about underrated YA gems of the last decade and highlight great reads for Native American History Month.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s TBR, Supernova by Marissa Meyer, and Rebel by Marie Lu.

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Show Notes

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Wild Life by Keena Roberts

"Best YA of the Decade"

Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castellucci

First Day on Earth by Cecil Castellucci

Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci

Amplified by Tara Kelly

Family by Micol Ostow

Tracked by Jenny Martin

The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis, translated by Miriam Debbage

Relativity by Cristin Bishara

Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina

Juvenile in Justice by Richard Ross

Girls in Justice by Richard Ross

Hit by Delilah S. Dawson

Proxy by Alex London

Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett

The Wells End by Seth Fishman

Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Code Talker by by Joseph Bruchac

After the Fall by Kate Hart

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale 

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Kelly and guest host Amanda Nelson talk about crossover reads, as well as their Swiss Army YA recommendations.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date With A Book, Penguin Random House Audio, and A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs.

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SHOW NOTES

Publishers Weekly "Best of 2019" YA books

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Pretty One by Keah Brown

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra

The Newcomers by Helen Thorpe

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler

Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi

Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Audacity by Melanie Crowder

The Summoner (series) by Taran Matharu

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Kelly and Eric talk about the return of vampires and go deep into YA book cover trends for 2020.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date With A Book, I'm Not Dying With You Tonight, and What Makes Us.

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SHOW NOTES

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

Infinity Son by Adam Silvera

The Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

"Denton Little's Death Date" and Snap TV

"YA Vampire Stories Are Back"

Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie Parker

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh

Slay Like A Girl: Ditch The Demons and Be Your Own Hero by Micol Ostow

Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston

Slayer by Kiersten White

Chosen by Kiersten White

Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner

The House of Night by PC and Kristin Casts

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Anna K. by Jenny Lee

Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar (Goodreads link)

We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

Zara Houssain Is Here by Sabina Kahn

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert (Goodreads link)

Salty Bitter Sweet by Mayra Cuevas

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding

Yes No Maybe So by Aisha Saeed and Becky Albertalli

A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison

When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey

All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

One Of Us Is Next by Karen McManus

Jane Anonymous by Laura Faria Stolarz

Clique Bait by Ann Valett

You’re Next by Kylie Schachte

This Train Is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Scheinmel

The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid by Kate Hattemer

Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenneally

Freaky in Fresno by Laurie Boyle Crompton

Miss You Love You Hate You Bye by Abby Sher

Little Universes by Heather Demetrios

Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin

A Map From Here to There by Emery Lord

We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

The Night of Your Life by Lydia Sharp

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkowski

The Serpent’s Curse by Lisa Maxwell (Goodreads link)

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters (Goodreads link)

The Mall by Megan McCafferty

Camp by Lev AC Rosen

Redemption Prep by Samuel Miller

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Eric and Jenn talk about speculative YA, and their wishlists for YA writers who should take on comic characters.

This episode is sponsored by Read This Book,  The Grey Sisters by Jo Treggiari, and Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman.

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SHOW NOTES

Slay by Brittney Morris

Far From Home: Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal by Preeti Chhibber

Sorted by Jackson Bird

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

The Bone Witch Series by Rin Chupeco (tw: homophobia, transphobia)

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (tw: domestic abuse, harm to children)

His Hideous Heart, edited by Dahlia Adler

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis

Mirror in the Sky by Aditi Khorana

Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee

Wayward (Jim Zub, Steven Cummings, John Rauch), Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex)

She-Hulk, SL Huang (Cas Russell series)

Thor, FC Yee (Rise of Kyoshi, Epic Crush of Genie Lo)

Wasp, Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, Jane, Unlimited)

Storm, L.L McKinney (A Blade So Black)

Jubilee, Lydia Kang (Control)

Shazam, Nikki Barthelmess (The Quiet You Carry)

Teen Cable, Emily Skrutskie (The Abyss Surrounds Us)

Iceman, Shaun David Hutchinson (We Are The Ants)

Marvel 1602, Marvel 1872, etc., Ruta Sepetys, Stacey Lee, Erin Bowman

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Kelly and Eric talk about YA book-writing duos then highlight some of the fall titles that are falling under the radar — but shouldn’t.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Mystery Giveaway, Libro.fm, and Penguin Random House Audio’s Frankly In Love by David Yoon.

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SHOW NOTES

Spell Hacker by M.K. England

The Disasters by M.K. England

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

David Levithan’s books

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan

Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagen

Zenith by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings

Yes No Maybe So by Aisha Saeed and Becky Albertalli

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson

The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah

The Liars of Mariposa Island by Jennifer Matthieu

The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey

The Boy and Girl Who Broke The World by Amy Reed

When the Stars Lead to You by Ronni Davis

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

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Kelly and Eric talk about YA books that’d make great picks for college freshman to prepare for their school lives, then scream about their huge fall YA TBR lists.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Mystery Giveaway, Have A Little Faith In Me by Sonia Hartl, and Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutheford.

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SHOW NOTES

Rebel Girls by Elizabeth Keenan

Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt

SSR Podcast

Jackpot by Nic Stone

American Panda by Gloria Chao

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Finding Felicity by Stacy Kade

Wrecked by Maria Padian

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Final Draft by Riley Redgate

Quiet by Susan Cain

“Why YA Needs More Quitters”

The Stars and The Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Verify by Joelle Charbonneau

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo

Who Put This Song On? By Morgan Parker

Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor

Timekeeper by Tara Sim

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Wild Life: Dispatches From A Childhood of Baboons and Button Downs by Keena Roberts

I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao

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