Kelly and special guest Sarah Dessen talk about teen life today, how YA has grown and changed in the last two decades, and what “strong female characters” means.
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Show Notes
The Rest of the Story)* *by Sarah Dessen
Netflix options Sarah Dessen novels for adaptation)
The Poet X) by Elizabeth Acevedo
Little Fires Everywhere) by Celest Ng
It) by Stephen King
Speak) by Laurie Halse Anderson
Cut) by Patricia McCormick
Twilight) by Stephenie Meyer
There’s Something About Sweetie) by Sandhya Menon
Dear Martin) by Nic Stone
Slay) by Brittney Morris
Sixteen) by Megan McCafferty
A Summer to Die) by Lois Lowry
Ash) by Malinda Lo
Freaky Friday) by Mary Rodgers
A Billion for Boris) by Mary Rodgers
The Hate U Give) by Angie Thomas
With The Fire on High) by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
On Writing) by Stephen King
For listeners itching to know more about the authors we dove into, you’ll do well looking up books by Jacqueline Woodson, Walter Dean Myers, Julie Anne Peters, David Levithan, Neal Schusterman, Jennifer Smith, and Deb Caletti.
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