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Note: After recording, we discovered Cheer Up: Love and Pom-Poms by Crystal Frasier and Val Wise, a YA graphic novel about a trans teen girl who is the captain of the cheer squad. We highly recommend it, and we’d love to see more trans teen girls in sports in YA.

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Malinda Lo and Jason Reynolds Share What Books Shaped Them Jun 23, 2021

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This week, Hannah and Tirzah had a scheduling snafu, so we’re diving into the Book Riot podcast vaults to share an episode in which YA authors Malinda Lo and Jason Reynolds share books that shaped them.

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Books Discussed

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

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95.5: Extra Credit: You Don't Understand--"Boulder Gay" is Something I Made Up Jun 17, 2021

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Em(ily) Dickson, cofounder of Pronouns May Vary, joins Hannah to talk about gender, shapeshifting, and graphic novels! Please note that this episode contains many colloquial phrases, words, and jokes that are very context-contingent and in-group-based for the queer community.

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Show Notes Books

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Ostertag

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

The Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

Animorphs series

Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson

The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

Taproot by Keezy Young

Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

TV, Movies, and More

All fantasy creatures are genderdiverse–what are you?

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Small Towns in the Pacific Northwest and Texas Are Not Similar, and Also, Idris Elba Jun 09, 2021

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Hannah and Tirzah gush about some of the many wonderful film and TV adaptations of YA books that have been released in recent months.

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Panic by Lauren Oliver (Amazon Prime)

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (Netflix [also, the Linda Lindas!])

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things by Lev Grossman [from Summer Days and Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins] (Amazon)

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks & Ted Caplan (HBO Max)

Monster by Walter Dean Myers (Netflix)

Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri (Concrete Cowboy on Netflix)

Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone on Netflix)

Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (Netflix)

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (Netflix)

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos (your streamer of choice)

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking on your streamer of choice)

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

News and tidbits

YA adaptation previews

Rioters’ takes on Shadow and Bone (Article 1, Article 2)

Ibi Zoboi’s Okoye news!

‘Panic’ season 2 predictions/news/lack of news/potential spoilers

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94.5: Extra Credit: Community is Everything Jun 02, 2021

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Tirzah talks about the fifth anniversary edition of an important queer YA book!

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Books Discussed:

You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

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We Murdered No One, and There Were No Bacchanals May 26, 2021

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Tirzah and Hannah welcome special guest Sheba Karim, whose latest book is about a topic near and dear to Hannah and Tirzah’s hearts–stories about college and other post-high school experiences.

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Show Notes

Books for Hope

The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe

Movie news about The Gilded Years

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi