Hey YA

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Kelly and Eric discuss a disturbing call for censorship in South Carolina, offer up what their YA summer reading list for teens (and adults!) would look like, and discuss YA tie-in books to popular movies and television.

Sponsored by The Edge of Over There by Shawn Smucker and The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan. 

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show Notes:

Notes From My Captivity by Kathy Parks

Up To This Pointe by Jennifer Longo

That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger

Pulp by Robin Talley

The Evolution of Claire by Tess Sharpe

Win $500 worth of the best YA books of 2018 so far

"Police Officers Challenge Books in South Carolina"

For Every One by Jason Reynolds

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Dare to Disappoint by Ozge Salmanci

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden

American Panda by Gloria Chao

This Land Is Our Land by Linda Barrett Osborne

The Female of the Species of Mindy McGinnis

All the Rage by Courtney Summers

Tradition by Brendan Kiely

The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne

Mean Girls by Micol Ostow

Who In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? by Rebecca Tinker

The Race to Chimney Rock by Jesse Wiley

Danger At The Haunted Gate by Jesse Wiley

Tyrell by Coe Booth

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Eric and Kelly talk about their reading habits while traveling, what 2018 YA books you have missed so far this year and need to pick up ASAP, and offer up books that are itching for a great companion. Bonus: get ready to Book Club with Hey YA!

Hey YA is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari.

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show Notes:

Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by LC Rosen

All That I Can Fix by Crystal Chan

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole

The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos

This Tiny Perfect World by Lauren Gibaldi

Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card by Sara Saedi

Ship It by Britta Lundin

Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist

Your Robot Dog Will Die by Arin Greenwood

Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emma Carroll

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge

Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan

Shipbreaker by Paulo Bacigalupi

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevado

Mirror in the Sky by Aditi Khorana

Tyrell by Coe Booth

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Eric and Kelly highlight some of the latest news in the world of YA, talk about where the books about teens in the military are (and are not), and wrap up the show talking about great adult characters they love in YA fiction.

Sponsored by Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone and Mariam Sharma Hits The Road by Sheba Karim, sponsored by Epic Reads.

Shownotes:

Here To Stay by Sara Farizan

Puddin' by Julie Murphy

Hull Metal Girls by Emily Skruskie

Habibi by Hadeel al-Massari and Nyala Ali

2018 BEA Editor's YA Buzz Titles

Publisher's Marketplace Buzz Titles

The Hate U Give release date

2018 Audie Award winners

Fallen Angels series by Walter Dean Myers

Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios

Meet Me Here by Bryan Bliss

Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt

Rites of Passage by Joy N. Hensley

The Academy by Katie Sise

Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

Personal Effects by EM Kokie

In Honor by Jessi Kirby

"Awesome Older Adults in YA Literature" piece from 2017

Under the Mermaid Angel by Martha Moore

The Reece Malcolm List and Ink Is Thicker Than Water by Amy Spalding

I Believe in a Thing Called Love and The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

Little and Lion and Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood

This Tiny Perfect World by Lauren Gibaldi

Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw

An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes by Randy Ribay

Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis

The Selection (series) by Kiera Cass

Brass by Xhenet Aliu

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis

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Eric and Kelly talk good books about mental illness, dream author duos and the books they’d create, and wrap up the show highlighting some of their summer TBR titles.

Sponsored by Neanderthal Opens the Door To The Universe by Preston Norton and Monday’s Note Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson, presented by Epic Reads.

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show Notes:

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Mirage by Somiya Daud

Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Pena

I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter

"Twitter 10 years ago" search

Don't Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start The Conversation About Mental Health edited by Kelly Jensen

The Memory of Light by Francisco X Stork

The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter

Crazy by Amy Reed

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

This Impossible Light by Lily Myers

A World Without You by Beth Revis

When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez

Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

Life Inside My Mind edited by Jessica Burkhart

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Burn for Burn (trilogy) by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

Tell Me No Lies by Adele Griffin

Here To Stay by Sara Farizan

Contagion by Erin Bowman

Our Stories Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America edited by Amy Reed.

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skruskie

Jack of Hearts and Other Parts by Lev AC Rosen

The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett

Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

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Kelly and Eric talk about a great article about the development of YA literature following the history of the teen culture, highlight awesome YA books set in the outdoors, and offer up even more great YA by and about Asian Americans.

Sponsored by Furyborn by Claire LeGrand and Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein.

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Shownotes:

The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

The Girl In The Grove by Eric Smith

Contagion by Erin Bowman

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

"How Young Adult Literature Blossomed With Teen Culture" article

Wildlife

The Distance Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes

Valley Girls by Sarah Nicole Lemon

When I Am Through With You by Stephanie Kuehn

The Island

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall

Lumberjanes

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandya Menon

Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary by  Keshni Kashyap and illustrated by Mari Araki

Chasing Shadows by Swati Avasthi

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi

The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

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Please enjoy this bonus excerpt, courtesy of the Recommended podcast, featuring Malinda Lo recommending Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet.

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Eric and Kelly talk about indie bookstores that do YA lit really well, explore the growth of YA thrillers over the last few years, and finally, highlight a bunch of great books to read in honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Sponsored by Summer Constellations by Alisha Sevigny from KCP Loft and Bookish Boyfriends: A Date With Darcy by Tiffany Schmidt from Amulet.

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show notes:

Honor Code by Kiersi Burkhart

Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

Written In The Stars by Aisha Saeed

The Red Balloon Bookshop

The Girl With The Red Balloon by Katherine Locke

Fountain Bookstore

Read Between The Lynes

Women and Children First

BBGB Books

Anderson's Bookshop

Wild Rumpus Books

Defining Thriller vs. Mystery

"Mourn The Fall of the Mall" by Sarah Kendzior

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Pasadena by Sherri L. Smith

A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo

Stephanie Kuehn's books

Fake ID by Lamar Giles

Endangered by Lamar Giles

Lois Duncan's unsolved mystery

Window by Amelia Brunskill

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Damage Done by Amanda Panitch

As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka

The Fever by Megan Abbott

Conversion by Katherine Howe

The Girl Who Fell by Shannon M. Parker

The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

Control by Lydia Kang

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

Want by Cindy Pon

The Girl From The Well by Rin Chupeco

American Panda by Gloria Chao

North Of Beautiful by Justina Chen

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie Dao

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

Picture Us In The Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert 

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

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Eric and Kelly talk about YA books in verse for National Poetry Month, dig into Frankenstein and why it has landed so well in the YA world, and highlight some of the titles on their spring TBR lists.

Sponsored by What The Night Sings By Vesper Stamper. 

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show Notes:

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L Davis

Here To Stay by Sara Farizan

A Room Away From The Wolves by Nova Ren Suma

Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan

In Her Skin by Kim Savage

Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig

15 book mystery giveaway!

100 Must-Read YA Books in Verse

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Watch That Ends the Night by Alan Wolfe

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

Family by Micol Ostow

Bull by David Elliott

A Time To Dance by Padma Venkatraman

Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe

brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Skyscraping by Cordelia Jensen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

40 Frankenstein Covers (the 2011 Puffin one, especially)

Hideous Love by Stephanie Hemphill

Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron

This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee

Boy Robot by Simon Curtis

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge

Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt

Puddin’ by Julie Murphy

From Twinkle with Love by Sandhya Menon

Ship It by Britta Lundin

Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood

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Eric and Kelly discuss the ways graphic novels and YA have excellent crossover appeal, consider why we don’t see enough animals in YA fiction, and round out the show talking about baseball (and books, obviously).

Sponsored by Rebel With A Cupcake by Anna Mainwaring from KCP Loft and Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne.

Show notes:

Reading Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

Behind The Cover Design of The Wicker King

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll

Monster by Walter Dean Myers and Guy A. Sims

Giant Days by Non Pratt

Runaways by Christopher Golden

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Wire and Nerve by Marissa Meyer

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Uglies: Shay’s Story by Scott Westerfeld

Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Batman by Marie Lu

Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds

Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo

Squirrel Girl by Shannon and Dean Hale

Lumberjanes by Mariko Tamaki

Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond

DC's new line of YA and Middle Grade comics

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

Relish by Lucy Knisley

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

March by John Lewis

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics

Where are the well-rounded animal characters?

Rotten by Michael Northrop

Your Robot Dog Will Die by Arin Greenwood

Endangered by Eliot Schrefer

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri

The New Guy and Other Senior Year Distractions by Amy Spalding

Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend by Alan Cumyn

See No Color by Shannon Gibney

A Season of Daring Greatly by Ellen Emerson White

Heart of a Champion, Painting the Black, and High Heat by Carl Deuker

Game Seven by Paul Volponi

Center Field by Robert Lipsyte

Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally

The Comeback Season by Jennifer E. Smith (and yes, Kelly knows what she said about Wrigley Field is wrong -- its history of NOT being named after a corporation is a big deal)

The historic Cubs win ESPN piece

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