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#39: Gritty, The Gritty YA Novel

Eric and Kelly talk about YA adaptations of all stripes and share their spring YA TBRs.

This episode is sponsored byBook Riot Insiders,The Iliadby Gareth Hinds, andChicken Girlby Heather Smith from Penguin Teen Canada.

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Show Notes:

Hungry Heartsedited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond

It’s a Whole Spieledited by Katherine Locke and Lauren Silverman

This Time Will Be Differentby Misa Sigiura

The Weight Of Our Skyby Hanna Alkaf

I Don’t Want To Be Crazyby Samantha Shultz

Parklandby David Cullen

The Shadow Queenby CJ Redwine

A Long, Long Sleepby Anna Sheehan

Huntedby Meagan Spooner

Sherwoodby Meagan Spooner

The Forest Queenby Betsy Cornwell

I, Claudiaby Mary McCoy

Cinderby Marissa Meyer

Ashby Malinda Lo

Blanca and Rojaby Anna-Marie McLemore

Forest of a Thousand Lanternsby Julie C. Dao

Stepsisterby Jennifer Donnelly

Splinteredby AG Howard

His Hideous Heartedited by Dahlia Adler

A Blade So Blackby L.L. McKinney

A Sky Without StarsbyJessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

Heart of Ironby Ashley Poston

The Wrath and the Dawnby Renee Ahdieh

Ordinary Girlsby Blair Thornburgh

Bookish Boyfriends: The Boy Next Door by Tiffany Schmidt

With The Fire on Highby Elizabeth Acevedo

Forward Me Back to Youby Mitali Perkins

Finding Yvonneby Brandy Colbert

All Of Us With Wingsby Michelle Ruiz Keil

We Are The Perfect Girlby Ariel Kaplan

Somewhere Only We Knowby Maurene Goo

Brave Faceby Shaun David Hutchinson

There’s Something About Sweetieby Sandhya Menon

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