The Library of Congress, the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader today announced the appointment of Jacqueline Woodson, whose book Brown Girl Dreaming was a 2015 TRCA Top Ten title, as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. To read about the position and Woodson’s platform “READING = HOPE x CHANGE” please visit the Library of Congress site.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and former TRCA nominee Patrick Ness comes a new novel described by author Andrew Smith as “beautiful, enchanting, and exquisitely written.” Inspired by Judy Blume’s Forever and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, this novel tells the story of Adam Thorn a young man struggling with his family’s religious beliefs, an employer’s inappropriate advances, and his unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo.
From Jason Reynolds, one of the co-authors of the 2017 nominee All American Boys, comes a novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. Told in free-verse poems, this story is about fifteen-year-old Will who sees his older brother, Shawn, gunned down on the streets, and sets out to do the expected: seek revenge for his brother’s death.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and former 2015 TRCA nominee Elizabeth Wein comes an exquisitely woven novel. A prequel to Code Name Verity, Wein’s latest tells the tale of fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart who wakes up in the hospital only later to realize her injury might not have been an accident. Strange things are happening at her family’s ancestral home in Perthshire. In addition to her “accident” a respected London archivist goes missing, presumed murdered, and her family’s treasure trove of pearls is missing. Julie must get to the bottom of the mystery, not only to satisfy her own curiosity, but to keep her friends from being framed for the crime.
Join host Becky Anderson as she talks to author Elizabeth Wein about her new novel, The Pearl Thief.
From the award-winning author of Wolf by Wolf, which you may remember as last year’s TRCA winner, comes a novel about trust, romance, and duty.
Join Ryan Graudin as she talks about Invictus, and the group of time-traveling teens as they race through history to try to stop time and the multiverse from unraveling.
From the award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which you may remember as a former TRCA nominee, comes a novel about relationships, sibling dynamics, and unrequited love.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author and former TRCA nominee Marie Lu comes a sci-fi thriller described as “a vibrant, action-packed shot of adrenaline.”
From the author of the 2016-2017 TRCA winner Wolf by Wolf, comes its sequel – the action-packed Blood for Blood. Continuing the story of Yael—a shape-shifting assassin in an alternative 1950s Europe and Asia – Blood for Blood follows Yael as she encounters Soviet guerrillas, Resistance fighters, and ghosts from her past. Described as “gripping and intricately plotted” this sequel is one you should definitely read.
From the author of the 2012-2013 TRCA winner Divergent comes a new science fiction novel that follows Akos and Cyra, young people from opposing cultures whose fates are intertwined.
Described as resilient and quick on her feet, Cyra is the sister of a brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Her world collides with Akos, the son of a farmer and an oracle, when Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers. With tensions running his on both sides Akos and Cyra must reach a decision. Do they help each other survive – or do they destroy one another?
Everything, Everything, the 2016-2017 TRCA winner, was recently made into a movie starring Amandla Stenberg (Rue in The Hunger Games). The film which follows the life of Maddy, a teen confined to her home because of a debilitating disease, and her neighbor Olly, was released on May 19, 2017.
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