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Kelly is back to talk about 1999 YA—titles that are celebrating 25-year anniversaries this year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links The Perks of Being a Wallflower Turns 25 The Most Studied YA Books in Colleges and Universities Walter Dean Myers Talks Book Banning, Writing for Troubled Kids 8 YA Authors on Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 15 years of Speak: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson Books Discussed The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Monster by Walter Dean Myers Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorthea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta Who Are You?: Voices of Mixed Race Young People edited by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins (Note that this appears out of print, but there are still copies available to purchase—it was a groundbreaking title) Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danika and Erica talk about their favorite queer YA books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News ‘Twilight’ Animated Series Being Shopped by Lionsgate Television Reading Rainbow Documentary Trailer Drops The Creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, Has Died The Lesbrary Books Discussed The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Into the Light by Mark Oshiro Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica explores some YA books that center teen girls who find their voices through writing, just in time for Women's History Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed We Are the Scribes by Randi Pink Off the Record by Camryn Garrett We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa and Erica discuss the latest YA book news and some great books they've read by Black authors. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Florida Residents Can Receive a Free Ripley’s Book Ben & Jerry's Article: In a Month Meant to Celebrate Black History, Some Are Trying to Erase It Libby Announces Their New Book Awards — Along With the Finalists Our past Buddy Read of The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson Books Discussed Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury Seven Minutes in Candyland by Brian Wasson The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Out of Body by Nia Davenport This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis Shoutouts The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora, edited by Saraciea J. Fennell Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week,Tirzahtalksabout two great queer YA classics retellings! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tirzah and Erica discuss romantic YA books of different genres — from mystery to fantasy and beyond. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez Adaptation In Development A first look at the Adaptation of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down Miami-Dade School Asks Parents for Consent for Black History Month Activities 1 in 4 Books Sold in France Are Comics Books Discussed Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore Graceling series by Kristin Cashore Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Before the Devil Knows You’re Here by Autumn Krause The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica talks about a new book out this week, as well as new historical fiction she's excited about. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Out of Body by Nia Davenport A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tirzah and Erica discuss the ALA Youth Media Awards and some great YA short story collections. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News This Year’s Winners of the ALA Youth Media Awards Books Discussed Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter Magic Has No Borders edited by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed (Ab)Solutely Normal edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards Study Break edited by Aashna Avachat At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined edited by Dahlia Adler Night of the Living Queers edited by Shelly Page The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell (April 2) The Gathering Dark edited by Tori Bovalino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Tirzah recommends two funny madcap YA mysteries for your TBR! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tirzah and Erica discuss YA nonfiction books that help with different avenues of self-improvement — from becoming more informed to money management. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. News Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell IA judge block SF 496 Illinois officially only state to ban book bans Books Discussed A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent and other A Quick & Easy Guide To books The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone by Heather McGhee Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us by Berna Anat, illustrated by Monique Sterling This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell This Is What I Know About Art by Kimberly Drew, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky How to Money by Jean Katzky, Kathryn Tuggle, Nina Cosford Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna, illustrated by Isabella Rotman Things We Haven’t Said edited by Erin Moulton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices