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Eric and Kelly talk about what makes a book a “YA” book, what they do and don’t want to see in an all-female film adaptation of LORD OF THE FLIES, and then they rave about upcoming fall YA to pick up.

 

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

 

Show Notes:

What IS “YA” anyway?

E.C. Myers quote and Andrew Karre quote

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

 

The All-Female Lord of the Flies Remake

Film announcement

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

 

Fall YA Reading

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

Chainbreaker by Tara Sim

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

You Bring The Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo

Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Top Ten by Katie Cotungo

 

Wherein We Talk Even More Books

Pointe by Brandy Colbert

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

 

Comments? Suggestions? Shoot us an email at heyya@bookriot.com.