What happened in YA this month? Here is a quick round up of featured posts on The Hub and other links to keep you up to date when collecting for your teens. Selected list nominations are here!
At the Hub
Features:
Selected Lists Nominations:
- Quick Picks 2020 (See all current nominees)
- Amazing Audiobooks 2020 (See all current nominees)
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2020 (See all current nominees)
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020 (See all current nominees)
Books & Reading
- Sidekicks Kicking Down the Door Article about a new book about YA literature embracing the story of the sidekick (UIndy360)
- 15 Young Adult books for readers of all ages, from The Hate U Give to Symptoms of Being Human (The Independent)
- See New Books from Da Chen, Alan Gratz, Sharon Robinson, Maggie Stiefvater, and More on the Scholastic Online Preview (Scholastic)
We Need Diverse Books
- 26 LGBTQIA+ Books for Pride (SLJ)
- 11 Must-Read LGBTQ+ Young Adult Books That Prove Intersectionality Matters (Shondaland)
- This young adult book by a Fil-Am teacher is the current talk of Amazon
- Why LGBTQ bookstores, such as Philadelphia’s Giovanni’s Room, are a lifeline for queer teens (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Young Adult Books About Queer Girls Are On The Rise, But There’s Still So Much To Be Done (Bustle)
Around the Web
- Five questions for Mariko Tamaki (Horn Book)
- Welcome to the wonderful world of bizarre literary Instagram accounts (AV Club)
Audiobooks
- June is Audiobook Month! (Libro.FM)
In the News
- In One Year, People Visited Public Libraries More Than a Billion Times (ILMS)
- Waterstones Owner Buying B&N; Daunt to Head Both Companies (Shelf-Aware)
- We Asked Y.A. Authors to Write Stories Inspired by Archival Times Photos (NYT)
- Kathleen Hale Came For Her Goodreads Critic. Then The Internet Came For Her (BuzzFeed)
— Cathy Outten, currently reading Sorry for Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley