In this special YA edition of TBNT, Diana and Honey chats with Shemah Sham, moderator of the YA Discussion Group in KLBAC on what makes a Young Adult novel, the rise of YA fantasy books and what are our pet peeves for this genre of books. Are you a YA fan? Then give us your thoughts at [email protected].


Excerpts are from YA Books


The Rest of Us just Live Here- Patrick Ness

Shadow of the Fox- Julie Kagawa

My Heart and Other Black Holes- Jasmine Warga


Some Books mentioned and to check out


The Harry Potter Series- J.K. Rowling

The Hunger Games Trilogy- Suzanne Collins

The Hobbit- JRR Tolkien

The Red Rising Trilogy- Pierce Brown

All The Bright Places- Jennifer Niven


Book Recommendations


Sky in the Deep- Adrienne Young

The Cruel Prince- Holly Black

Strange the Dreamer & Muse of Nightmares- Laini Taylor

Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom- Leith Bardugo

They Both Die at the End- Adam Silvera

My Lady Jane- Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton, Jodie Meadows

Iron Gold- Pierce Brown

His Dark Materials Trilogy- Phillip Pullman


Bookstagram Accounts

Shemah Sham's - @bookooville

Avery Kuan's - @bforbookslut

Sarah Lou’s- @thisdreamofmine

Tomi Adeyemi’s- @tadeyemibooks

Music Credits
Wind Marching For Rain - Puddle of Infinity - Youtube Audio Library
Epilog - Ghostpocalypse and Eastminster by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100666
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