Shownotes Transcript
Kelly is back to talk about 1999 YA—titles that are celebrating 25-year anniversaries this year.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS), Apple Podcasts), or Spotify).
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter)!
Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today!)
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Links
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Turns 25)
The Most Studied YA Books in Colleges and Universities)
Walter Dean Myers Talks Book Banning, Writing for Troubled Kids )
8 YA Authors on *Speak *by Laurie Halse Anderson)
15 years of Speak: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson)
Books Discussed
*The Perks of Being a Wallflower *)by Stephen Chbosky
Speak)* *by Laurie Halse Anderson
Monster)* *by Walter Dean Myers
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorthea Lange) by Elizabeth Partridge
Looking for Alibrandi) by Melina Marchetta
Who Are You?: Voices of Mixed Race Young People) edited by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins (Note that this appears out of print, but there are still copies available to purchase—it was a *groundbreaking *title)
Keeping the Moon) by Sarah Dessen
Bud, Not Buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices)