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Every month, I select 15 books that caught my interest lately.
Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention.
This month – in time for Christmas:
15 of 2013’s best new Young Adult books!
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01: HOLLY GOLDBERG SLOAN, „Counting by 7s“, 384 pages, August 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA / Middle Grade]
02: VICKY GROVE, „Everything Breaks“, 256 pages, October 2013. [Realistic Fiction / Fantasy: YA]
03: CRISTIN TERRILL, „All Our Yesterdays“, 368 pages, August 2013. [Sci-Fi / Dystopia: YA]
04: MEG MEDINA, „Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass“, 272 pages, March 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
05: DAVID CATANEO, „Eggplant Alley“, 352 pages, September 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
06: JO KNOWLES, „Living with Jackie Chan“, 384 pages, September 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
07: ANDREW SMITH, „Winger“, 439 pages, May 2013. [Realistic Fiction / Humor: YA]
08: TARA SULLIVAN, „Golden Boy“, 368 pages, June 2013. [Realistic Fiction (Africa): YA]
09: SARAH SULLIVAN, „All that’s missing“, 368 pages, October 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
10: T.L. COSTA, „Playing Tyler“, 304 pages, July 2013. [Realistic Fiction / Thriller / Sci-Fi: YA]
11: EDWIGE DANTICAT, „Claire of the Sea Light“, 256 pages, August 2013. [Realistic Fiction (Haiti): Coming-of-Age, but maybe not YA]
12: PAMELA ERENS, „The Virgins“, 288 pages, June 2013. [Realistic Fiction: Coming-of-Age, but maybe not YA]
13: VICTORIA SCHWAB, „The Archived“, 328 pages, January 2013. [Fantasy: YA]
14: HANNAH WEYER, „On the Come-Up“, 320 pages, January 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
15: MICHAEL SOKOLOVE, „Drama High: The incredible true story of a brilliant teacher, a struggling town, and the magic of theater“, 352 pages, September 2013. [Nonfiction about a high school musical]
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Here are five (mostly: older) YA books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: EMILY M. DANFORTH, „The Miseducation of Cameron Post“, 470 pages, 2012. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
02: GAVIN EXTENCE, „The Universe vs. Alex Woods“, 407 pages, June 2013. [Realistic Fiction / Humor: YA]
03: NEIL SHUSTERMAN, „The Schwa was here“, 228 pages, 2004. [Realistic Fiction / Humor: Middle Grade]
04: ESMERALDA SANTIAGO, „Almost a Woman“, 336 pages, 1998. [Coming-of-Age Memoir]
05: PHOEBE GLOECKNER, „The Diary of a Teenage Girl“, 320 pages, 2002. [Coming-of-Age / illustrated book]
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…and finally, here are seven 2013 Young Adult books that I read – and that were really good:
5 of 5 stars: DAVID LEVITHAN, „Two Boys kissing“, 208 pages, August 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
5 of 5 stars: DEBBIE LEVY, „Imperfect Spirals“, 352 pages, July 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
4 of 5 stars: A.S. KING, „Reality Boy“, 368 pages, October 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
4 of 5 stars: K.A. BARSON, „45 Pounds (more or less)“, 264 pages, July 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
4 of 5 stars: SARA POLSKY, „This is how I find her“, 264 pages, September 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA]
4 of 5 stars: SUSAN NUSSBAUM, „Good Kings Bad Kings“, 298 pages, March 2013. [Realistic Fiction: YA / literary fiction]
4 of 5 stars: NICOLE J. GEORGES, „Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir“, 288 pages, January 2013. [Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel Memoir]
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…why do I know so much about the YA genre? Please have a look at the novel I’m working on (Link)!
Here’s an essay about my work (German) and its relation to YA.
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related Posts:
- my 20 Best Books of 2012 (Link)
- my 20 Best Books of 2011 (Link)
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
- Essay: “Futter für die Bestie – Literaturkritik in digitalen Zeiten” (Link, German)
and:
- Underdog Literature, October 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature, September 2013 (Special Crime Fiction Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, August 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2013 (Special German Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: December 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: November 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: October 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: September 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Special German Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2012 (Link)
