Hot Pterodactyls Playing Baseball

Eric and Kelly discuss the ways graphic novels and YA have excellent crossover appeal, consider why we don’t see enough animals in YA fiction, and round out the show talking about baseball (and books, obviously).   Sponsored by Rebel With A Cupcake by Anna Mainwaring from KCP Loft and Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne.   Hey YA is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and right here on Book Riot.   Show notes: Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman The Wicker King by K. Ancrum Behind The Cover Design of The Wicker King Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll Monster by Walter Dean Myers and Guy A. Sims Giant Days by Non Pratt Runaways by Christopher Golden Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Wire and Nerve by Marissa Meyer Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr Uglies: Shay’s Story by Scott Westerfeld Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo Squirrel Girl by Shannon and Dean Hale Lumberjanes by Mariko Tamaki Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond DC’s new line of YA and Middle Grade comics Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova North of Happy by Adi Alsaid Relish by Lucy Knisley The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton March by John Lewis The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics Where are the well-rounded animal characters? Rotten by Michael Northrop Your Robot Dog Will Die by Arin Greenwood Endangered by Eliot Schrefer Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri The New Guy and Other Senior Year Distractions by Amy Spalding Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend by Alan Cumyn See No Color by Shannon Gibney A Season of Daring Greatly by Ellen Emerson White Heart of a Champion, Painting the Black, and High Heat by Carl Deuker Game Seven by Paul Volponi Center Field by Robert Lipsyte Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally The Comeback Season by Jennifer E. Smith (and yes, Kelly knows what she said about Wrigley Field is wrong — its history of NOT being named after a corporation is a big deal. From Wikipedia: “Ironically given the roots of its name, Wrigley Field had been a notable exception to the trend of selling corporate naming rights to sporting venues. The Tribune Company, owners of the park from 1981 to 2009, chose not to rename the ballpark, utilizing other ways to bring corporate sponsorship into the ballpark. During the mid-1980s, Anheuser-Busch placed Budweiser and Bud Light advertisements beneath the center field scoreboard. Bud Light became the sponsor of the rebuilt bleachers in 2006.”) The historic Cubs win ESPN piece