November 2023 YA New Releases I was pretty selective with these November 2023 YA new releases. I think very purposefully about what my students will actually read–and what may not be available in my school library. I want my classroom library to be a place where students find something special and personal–something that speaks to…
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October 2023 YA Book Releases To Read Now
October 2023 YA Book Releases October 2023 YA Book Releases are about more than just Halloween. There’s even a Christmas title that won me over. Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello Let’s get Christmas out of the way first. An African-American boy who works at his family’s bookstore falls in love with a fellow…
5 August YA Book Releases 2023 to Order Now
August YA Book Releases 2023 Get ready for back to school with these fabulous new books! All You Have To Do by Autumn Allen I am so excited for this book. It’s told in two overlapping narratives. The first is set on an Ivy League campus in the wake of MLK Jr.’s assassination. The other…
Read These June 2023 YA Book Releases
Recommend these new summer reads to your students, or gather them for yourself! Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler In this queer rom-com, teen girl has to choose between spending the summer with her dad (and the girl she’s crushing on) in NYC or with her estranged mom in LA (and the guy she never saw…
May 2023 YA Book Releases to Read Now
May 2023 YA Book Releases Finish the school year strong with these May 2023 YA book releases! Hurt You by Marie Myung-Ok Lee For teachers looking for a replacement or paired text for Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. This Korean American contemporary retelling of Of Mice and Men tells the story of a teenage girl…
The Best April 2023 YA Book Releases
April 2023 YA Book Releases Get your students reading with these amazing new titles! Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby For students who like action and science fiction. This would be a great book to entice students to read more science fiction. Reminds me of 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad, a fave…
