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Prom Night Shenanigans: Hey YA Extra Credit May 04, 2022

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This week, Tirzah recommends two YA books with some prom night shenanigans!

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Books Discussed:

Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon

The Night When No One Had Sex by Kalena Miller

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From TikTok Aesthetic to BookTok Craze: All Things Dark Academia! Apr 27, 2022

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Erica and Tirzah talk about the rise of dark academia in YA, what it is, and recommend some great dark academia reads across genres!

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Links and Books:

The New York Public Library makes banned books available for all

Federal library budget increases and how to advocate for them

We Need Diverse Books offers educator grants to fight book bannings

The New York Times explores the origin of dark academia

Dark academia YA books

New dark academia YA books releasing in 2022

The Obsession and The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Very Bad People by Kit Frick

The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian

Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule

Strange Sweet Song by Adi Rule

If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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Extra Credit: When You Lose Your Wig and Other Conundrums in Historical YA Books Apr 20, 2022

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Erica highlights three YA historical fiction books, plus one historical nonfiction, that take place everywhere from the U.S. Civil Rights movement of the ’60s to Berlin, Germany in 1932. Two of them are even in verse.

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Books Discussed

All That Glitters (Enchantee) by Gita Trelease

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson

And We Rise by Erica Martin

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The YA Reader in the Library With the Candle Stick: YA Mysteries Apr 13, 2022

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Tirzah and Erica discuss some exciting YA book news and some great YA mysteries.

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Books and Links

Oscar-Nominated Flee To Be Adapted As YA Book

Netflix has added nine actors to the cast for XO, Kitty, its upcoming To All the Boys spinoff series.

A Scatter of Light by MalindaLo cover reveal.

Tirzah’s new book Sense and Second-Degree Murder is out now!

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Cold by Mariko Tamaki

The Red Palace by June Hur

Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly

Very Bad People by Kit Frick

The Drowning Summer by Christine Lynn Herman

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

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Add Some Poetry to Your TBR: Hey YA Extra Credit Apr 06, 2022

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This week, Tirzah recommends two great new YA novels-in-verse for April is Poetry Month!

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Books Discussed

Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu

Nothing Burns as Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk

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Judging Books By Their Covers Mar 30, 2022

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This week, Tirzah and Erica dive into the world of YA cover design and chat about some of their favorite design elements and YA covers in recent years.

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Books and Links

The Heartstopper official trailer dropped!

Starling by Isabel Strycachz

Six Crimson Cranes & The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim

A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, Wednesday Books edition

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

This Poison Heart Kalynn Bayron

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Nina LaCour’s entire catalog: Hold Still, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, We Are Okay, Watch Over Me

Adams Cavarlho on Instagram

Book Cover Designers to Follow on Instagram

Wednesday Design

Random House YA Design

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Extra Credit: YA Books Like Spirited Away Mar 23, 2022

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Erica discusses the movie Spirited Away 20 years later and a few books to read that share a lot in common with it.

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Books Discussed

A Thousand Steps Into Night by Traci Chee

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axis Oh (*Correction: release date February 22, 2022)

Half World by Hiromi Goto

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I Know What You Did Last Adaptation: YA Adaptations to Look Forward to Mar 16, 2022

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Tirzah and Erica discuss the book I Know What You Did Last Summer, as well as its film and TV adaptations. They also get into some other YA book to film or TV adaptations they’ve either enjoyed or are looking forward to.

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