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Eric and Kelly dive into the big, wide world of YA anthologies and shout about excellent YA books from small and indie presses.

Hey YA is sponsored by Confessions of a Teenage Leper by Ashley Little, Vesuvian Books, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Unstoppable Moses by Tyler James Smith.

Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.

Show Notes:

Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi

When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

Odd One Out by Nic Stone

Sawkill Girls by Claire LeGrande

A Thousand Sisters by Elizabeth Wein

(Don’t) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen

Kirkus Prize Finalists

Toil and Trouble edited by Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe

Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America edited by Amy Reed

My True Love Gave to Me and Summer Days & Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures edited by Mitali Perkins

Meet Cute

Slasher Girls and Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke

1968: Today’s Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change edited by Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Trust Your Name by Tim Tingle

The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke

Running With Lions by Julian Winters

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

Girls Resist! By KaeLyn Rich

Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee

Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery by Mary Amato

Spliced by Jon McGoran

Girls on the Line by Jennie Liu

Home & Away by Candice Montgomery

Timekeeper by Tara Sim