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From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.

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Extra Credit: We Stan a Warrior Queen — Arab American YA Apr 19, 2023

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Erica celebrates Arab American History month by sharing some YA books by Arab American authors.

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Mirage by Somaiya Daud

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Briefly mentioned: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

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I Want That On My Headstone: YA Novels In Verse Apr 12, 2023

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Tirzah and Erica discuss some YA novels in verse for National Poetry Month.

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News: Two more Heartstopper graphic novels

The history of YA novels in verse: Sonya Sones, Stop Pretending (1999), What My Mother Doesn’t Know (2001), One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies (2004), Crank by Ellen Hopkins (2004)

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

We Are All so Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

Enter the Body by Joy McCullough

Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Dear Medusa by Olivia A Cole

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero

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Hey YA Extra Credit: New YA Novellas Apr 05, 2023

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This week, Tirzah talks about the trend of YA novellas and some recent novellas releases that should be on your radar!

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Books Discussed:

Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli

The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson

Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong

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Book Club: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Mar 29, 2023

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Tirzah and Erica discuss the book All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir.

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We Were Liars adaptation

Kodansha launching a manga app this year

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

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Hey YA Extra Credit: Graphic Nonfiction Mar 22, 2023

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This week Erica discusses some YA graphic nonfiction books that are helping her reach her reading goals.

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In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott

Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing, illustrated by Orlando Caicedo

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Beware the Ides of March Mar 15, 2023

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Tirzah and Erica discuss some YA Shakespeare retellings.

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These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George

Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

Twelfth Grade Night, Saving Hamlet , King Cheer by Molly Horton Booth

Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

The Only Thing Worse That Me is You by Lily Anderson

Foul Is Fair by Hannah Capin

That Way Madness Lies, edited by Dahlia Adler, featuring a diverse set of authors

An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

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Hey YA Extra Credit: What Real Teens Are Reading Mar 08, 2023

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This week, Tirzah discusses some of the YA books that are most popular with the teens she works with!

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The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Sadie by Courtney Summers

All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

Karen McManus books

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Legend by Marie Lu

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The 11th Plague by Jeff Hirsch

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

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Getting All Up in Our Little Women Feelings Mar 01, 2023

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Tirzah and Erica discuss some YA historical fiction with strong female leads.

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The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann

Angel Of Greenwood by Randi Pink

The Silence of Bones, The Forest of Stolen Girls, and The Red Palace by June Hur

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar

All That Glitters by Gita Trelease

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Hey YA Extra Credit: People Be People-ing — New Releases by Black Authors to TBR Feb 22, 2023

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Erica discusses some new YA books of different genres by Black authors to have on your radar for the first part of the year.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammond

The Black Queen by Jumata Emil

Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson

Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood

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Love is for Losers: Diverse Romance That We Love Feb 15, 2023

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Tirzah and Erica discuss some diverse YA romance books to read for the month of love and beyond.

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New Twilight books!

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant

Not Now Not Ever by Lily Anderson

Love Is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen

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