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.
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
- The Hate U Give Author Angie Thomas Announces New Novel, Concrete Rose (People)
- Fangirl: The Manga coming in October (S and S)
- The Ultimate Guide To Spring 2020 YA Books For Your TBR (Bookriot)
- The Best YA Books That Adults Will Enjoy, Too (O Magazine)
- YALSA Members’ Only Webinar Building a Strong Teen Nonfiction Collection May 14
- ALA Announces Top Ten Banned Books of 2019 (ALA)
Movies & TV
- “Love, Simon” Spinoff Series “Love, Victor” Releases Sneak Peek Coffee Shop Scene (Teen Vogue)
- The New LORD OF THE FLIES Movie Will Be Written By A MONSTER CALLS Writer Patrick Ness (GeekTyrant)
In the News
- COVID-19 : Guide to Handling Materials (YALSA)
- Malla Nunn’s “When the Ground is Hard,” wins the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (LA Times)
- How Judy Blume, Samantha Irby, Jennifer Weiner and other authors are spending their quarantine (Washington Post)
- Jason Reynolds asked his Twitter followers if they needed groceries. A flood of requests sparked an outpouring of generosity. (Washington Post)
- Candlewick and MIT Press to Launch Joint Children’s and Teen Imprints (PW)
— Cathy Outten, currently reading Furious Thing by Jenny Downham