Eric and Kelly talk about trends in YA this year they’ve seen, as well as offer up some cool reading for summer and hot reading for winter.

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Show Notes

Slay by Brittney Morris

The Shipby Antonia Honeywell

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Family Secrets by Norma Klein

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Across The Universe by Beth Revis

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

Nyxia by Scott Reitgen

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Love From A to Z by SK Ali

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

Bright Burning Stars by AK Small 

Let’s Go Swimming On Doomsday by Natalie C. Andersno

When The Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn

Dear Haiti With Love by Maika and Maritza Moulite in Haiti

The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

Rebel Seoul and Rogue Heart by Axie Oh

Bloody Seoul by Sonia Patel

Avatar: The Last Airbender by FC Yee

His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler

It’s A Whole Spiel edited by Laura Silverman and Katherine Locke

Rural Voices edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi

Color Outside The Lines edited by Sangu Mandanna

Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett

Trapped by Michael Northrop

The Well’s End by Seth Fishman

Notes From My Captivity by Kathy Parks

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Wintersong by S Jae-Jones

Blankets by Craig Thompson

Essex County by Jeff Lemire

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