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Young Adult Book News from Kelly Jensen of Book Riot YA 4/2/20

Hey YA Pals:
YA Book News

New YA Books This Week

A * means it’s a book I’ve read and recommend!
Almost, Maine by John Cariani (a novel take on the play)
The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke (paperback)
Hello Now by Jenny Valentine
Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi (next in series!)
Look by Zan Romanoff
The Me I Meant To Be by Sophie Jordan (paperback)
Music From Another World by Robin Talley
Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa (series)
Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke
*We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
*We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian (don’t miss the Hey YA: Extra Credit episode where we talk about how great Shug by Jenny Han is!)
The Year After You by Nina de Pass

YA Talk at Book Riot This Week



This isn’t YA related at all, but I love, love, love this series by artist Lim Heng See, wherein he hides illustrations of cats among natural landscapes. Some of these took me a while to find.

Thanks for hanging out, y’all, and prepare to pick up a ton of ebooks on the cheap Saturday when we’ll be back in your inbox.
Stay well.
— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of (Don’t) Call Me Crazy and Here We Are.


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