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 2021 (See all nominees)
- Amazing Audiobooks 2021 (See all nominees)
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2021 (See all nominees)
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021 (See all nominees)
Books & Reading
- History Remixed: How Young Adult Authors Are Revisioning History (SLJ)
- Mariko Tamaki Takes Over DC’s ‘Wonder Woman’ This Summer (Hollywood Reporter)
- Graphic novels help teens learn about racism, climate change and social justice (The Conversation)
- Eight Ya Sci-fi And Fantasy Novels To Pick Up This March (Syfy Wire)
Stay at Home Resources
- Aiden Tyler, Quaran-teen – A Weekly Webcast “Serial” with Author Rex Ogle (JLG)
- YallStayAtHome – YALL West book festival has gone online April 25-26 and the Everywhere Book Fest will be on May 1-2
We Need Diverse Books
- 12 Books Like Dear Martin By Nic Stone To Read Next (BookRiot)
- 10 Books With South Asian Characters You Should Read in 2020 (TeenVogue)
Movies & TV
- Judy Blume’s Classic YA Novel ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Is Coming to the Big Screen (Showbiz CheatSheet)
- Exclusive: Meet the Cast of Netflix’s “The Baby-Sitters Club” (Seventeen)
In the News
- Why Reading Pandemic Lit Gives Me Hope (BookRiot)
- Jason Reynolds Is the Bard of Black YA Fiction. Now He’s Written a Totally Different Kind of Book. (Washingtonian)
- A Conversation with Kate DiCamillo (UMN on YouTube)
— Cathy Outten, currently reading Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner