I Do What I Want — YA Anthologies
Tirzah and Erica discuss the ALA Youth Media Awards and some great YA short story collections.
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News
This Year’s Winners of the ALA Youth Media Awards
Books Discussed
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King
Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter
Magic Has No Borders edited by Sona Charaipotra and Samira Ahmed
(Ab)Solutely Normal edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards
Study Break edited by Aashna Avachat
At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined edited by Dahlia Adler
Night of the Living Queers edited by Shelly Page
The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell (April 2)
The Gathering Dark edited by Tori Bovalino
