Month in Review: October 2020

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:

• 2020 Teens’ Top Ten Announced

Selected Lists Nominations:

• Quick Picks 2021 (See all nominees)
  • Oct 6, Oct 13, Oct 20, Oct 27
• Amazing Audiobooks 2021 (See all nominees)
  • Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28
• Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2021 (See all nominees)
  • Oct 8, Oct 15, Oct 22, Oct 29
• Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021 (See all nominees)
  • Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30

Books & Reading

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• ‘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

• 2020 NBA Finalists Announced (PW)
• Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Dec 4-5

— Cathy Outten, currently reading Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland