All Thrills, No Chill: New YA Books for Spooky Season, Plus an Interview With Author Candace Fleming
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Erica highlights some new YA genre-bending thrillers and Kelly talks with YA author Candace Fleming about her latest book, Death in the Jungle, as well as cults and YA nonfiction.
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Show Notes:
The Devil's in the Dancers by Catherine Yu
Roar of the Lambs by Jamison Shea
When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur
Empty Heaven by Freddie Kölsch
Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith
Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming
"What Makes for Good YA Nonfiction" from School Library Journal
Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat
Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed
Cultish by Amanda Montell
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Underground by Haruki Murakami
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
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