Nightmare in a Crowd

Hannah and Kelly talk about the ALA Youth Media Award winners and honorees, then dig into imaginary YA book titles, pairing them with real YA books and/or dream titles. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. SHOW NOTES ALA Youth Media Award announcements All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez  Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon Beetle & The Hollowbones illustrated and written by Aliza Layne You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Darius The Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Kent State by Derf Backderf The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder “What’s Your Sherlock Story?” Breath by Donna Jo Napoli “Your Quirky YA Title” The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks YA Book Titles With Math Equations “Your YA Adventure Title” Food Wars! By Yuto Tsukuda Make It Messy by Marcus Samuelsson with Veronica Chambers Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park “What’s Your YA Epic Fantasy Series Title?” The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith “What’s Your Atmospheric YA Book Title?” The Wicked Deep by Shae Ernshaw “What’s Your Sherlock Title?” The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee “What’s Your YA Horror Title?” “What’s Your YA Book Identity?” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices