YA Round-up – November 2017

Hey everyone! Another month has passed, and with it came a slew of YA-related news and other interesting things! We’ve gathered November’s best news bits and features. Check them out below, and see you next month!

News:

• Cherie Dimaline wins the $50,000 Kirkus Prize for YA lit, by Sue Carter, for Quill & Quire

Features, Articles, and Essays:

• YA fiction is booming. Let’s start treating it as literature, by Ellie Loxton, for Varsity
• In young-adult novels, queer love stories have begun to feel mainstream, by Rachel Raczka, for The Washington Post
• How YA Literature Is Leading the Queer Disabled Media Revolution, by Alaina Leary, for Bustle
• LGBTQ representation in YA literature, by Melissa Reese, for The Flyer
• Strangers: Young adult fiction for an Indigenous audience, by Rosanna Deerchild, for CBC
• Turtles All The Way Down by John Green: hopeful realism YA writers should strive for, by Claire Hennessy, for The Irish Times
• Lots of love for ‘The Hate U Give’: YA author captures the heartbreak of police shootings, by Jane Henderson, for St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Queer YA Revolution Continues: Girl Reporter Cover Reveal, by Tansy Rayner Roberts, for The Mary Sue

Lists:

• YA Books Featuring Mental Health, from The Nerd Daily