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The Threat of an Exorcism: April's Best YA New Releases

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Kelly and Erica discuss their most anticipated YA books coming out in April.

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Books Discussed Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi Run Away With Me by Brian Selznick Sunlight Playing over a Mountain by Selina Li Bi We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride The House No One Sees by Adina King Renegade Girls by Nora Neus and illustrated by Julie Robine Get to know Nellie Bly The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum The Payback Girls by Alex Travis The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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