Our librarians Jane McMahon, Kate Pritchard, and Susan Timmons discuss the category of Young Adult Literature and make their first selections for the YA Hall of Fame. 

Titles Mentioned in This Episode:

Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Karen Jensen, “A Brief History of YA Literature, an Infographic” for Teen Librarian Toolbox at School Library Journal.

Stranger Things streaming on Netflix

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

All My Rage, by Sabaa Tahir

Thick as Thieves, by Megan Whalen Turner

Tomorrow, When the War Began, by John Marsden

The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas

Queen of the Tiles, by Hanna Alkaf

Intro/Outro music is “Birthday Cake” by Jahzzar. Creative Commons License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Logo design by Sarah Timmons, all rights reserved.