“Nothing Is Original” An Interview with Ava Reid — Plus New YA Graphic Novels to Read This Year
Erica gets into some new YA graphic novels that she’s excited about, and Kelly interviews YA author Ava Reid about her latest release, the art of homage, and being a life-long Hunger Games fan.
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Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books
Books Discussed
Raised By Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn
Brielle and Bear: Volume 1 Salomey Doku
Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries
Huda F Wants to Know? By Huda Fahmy
Renegade Girls: A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-Rousing by Nora Neus, illustrated by Julie Robine
Fable at the End of the World by Ava Reid
Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi
Legend series by Marie Lu
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
The Fever King series by Victoria Lee
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater
An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir