YA Lit Today
Acclaimed YA authors Samira Ahmed and Jas Hammonds discuss the state of YA literature today and their recent novels, as well as the importance of young people seeing themselves in the stories they read.
Ahmed’s latest, This Book Won’t Burn, is a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe. From Hammonds comes Thirsty, an unflinching novel about addiction that Courtney Summers, bestselling author of Sadie and I’m the Girl, called “sensitively wrought and gorgeously written.”
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Thirsty by Jas Hammonds
A gripping read about a queer teen risking it all to pledge an underground sorority with her best friends the summer before college—perfect for fans of Euphoria and Girl in Pieces.
This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe.