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Danika joins Kelly this week to talk about exciting new YA books that hit shelves in June and July, as well as to talk the best YA books of 2025 so far.

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News:

  • Best YA books of 2025 So Far
  • Trailer for Mason Deaver’s I Wish You All The Best has dropped
  • We Were Liars released to Prime, The Summer I Turned Pretty Season Three is releasing its first two episodes on Prime July 16, and the animated take on Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan is dropping on Netflix July 10. 
    • Marissa Meyer’s “The Lunar Chronicles” is being adapted for animation in fall 2028.
    • Books Discussed:

      On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia

      Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming

      Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju

      Love Points to You by Alice Lin

      "The Complicated World of YA Books for Younger Teens"

      "Do Teens Get Pushed Out of YA Books When It’s Called A Genre?"

      (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi

      Hear Us Out by Nancy Garden

      The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden

      Wednesday

      The Haunting of Hill House

      Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole and Ashley Woodfolk

      Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee

      Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

      Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

      Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero, illustrated by Claudia Aguirre

      Ana of California by Andi Teran

      Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli

      Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

      Hit Me with Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale

      The Tournament by Rebecca Barrow

      This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

      Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

      Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

      Not So Shoujo Love Story, Volume 1 by Curryuku

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