
Month in Review: October 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:
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
- ‘Red School’ Brings Two YA Novel Worlds Together (PW)
- 12 Christmas Ya Books That Give Hallmark Movie Vibes (BookRiot)
- Tiffany D. Jackson And The “Stress” Of It All (BookRiot)
- 8 Exciting Books Hitting Shelves Next Year (BookRiot)
We Need Diverse Books
- Nicola and David Yoon Launch YA Romance Imprint Starring Heroes of Color (PW)
- Trio of Black female authors among 21 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners (CNN)
- New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers (NPR)
In the Movies (and TV)
- ‘Children Of Blood And Bone’ Poised To Be First Non-‘Star Wars’ Or ‘Indiana Jones’ Project At Lucasfilm Since Disney Acquisition (Shadow and Act)
- Move over Buffy, Emma Roberts is producing author V.E. Schwab’s teen vampire series (EW)
- ‘Lumberjanes’ animated series set at HBO Max (Hypable)
In the News
— Cathy Outten, currently reading Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland