Month in Review: May 2020

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:

• 2020 Hub Reading Challenge – May Check-In

Selected Lists Nominations:

• Quick Picks 2021 (See all nominees)
  • May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26
• Amazing Audiobooks 2021 (See all nominees)
  • May 6, May 13, May 20, May 27, 
• Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2021 (See all nominees)
  • May 7, May 21, May 28, 
• Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021 (See all nominees)
  • May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22, May 29, 

Books & Reading

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• We’re getting more of Holly Black’s Folk of the Air — in a brand new book (EW)
• Little House, Big Problem: What To Do with “Classic” Books That Are Also Racist (SLJ)
• 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced (SLJ)
• ‘Midnight Sun,’ a Retelling of ‘Twilight,’ To Publish in August (SLJ)
• 20 Completed Ya Fantasy Series To Revisit Or Pick Up For The First Time (BookRiot)

We Need Diverse Books

• Read With Pride (I read YA)

In the News

• Neal Shusterman’s Inclusive YA And Talking To The Author About Representation (BookRiot)
• Sci-Fi and Fantasy Build Mental Resiliency in Young Readers (JSTOR Daily)
• Q & A with Zoraida Córdova (PW)

— Cathy Outten, currently reading Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer