NPR YA Picks 2020

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NPR YA Picks 2020

By Eric Kettunen

Check out these YA picks of the year from the NPR staff!

Dear Justyce

1 Dear Justyce

Nic Stone

A Castle in the Clouds

2 A Castle in the Clouds

Kerstin Gier

Clap When You Land

3 Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

Anna K

4 Anna K

Jenny Lee

Anna K

5 Anna K

Jenny Lee

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

6 The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Daughters of Ys

7 The Daughters of Ys

M.T. Anderson

Super Fake Love Song

8 Super Fake Love Song

David Yoon

Cemetery Boys

9 Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

Even As We Breathe: A Novel

10 Even As We Breathe: A Novel

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

Superman Smashes the Klan

11 Superman Smashes the Klan

Gene Luen Yang

They Went Left

12 They Went Left

Monica Hesse

Before the Ever After

13 Before the Ever After

Jacqueline Woodson

Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria

14 Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria

Rania Abouzeid

Flamer

15 Flamer

Mike Curato

King and the Dragonflies

16 King and the Dragonflies

Kacen Callender

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

17 Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

Samira Ahmed

Foul is Fair: A Novel

18 Foul is Fair: A Novel

Hannah Capin

Every Reason We Shouldn't

19 Every Reason We Shouldn't

Sara Fujimura

This Is My America

20 This Is My America

Kim Johnson

Apple:

21 Apple:

Eric Gansworth

Elatsoe

22 Elatsoe

Darcie Little Badger

The PLAIN Janes

23 The PLAIN Janes

Cecil Castellucci

Banned Book Club

24 Banned Book Club

Kim Hyun Sook

Raybearer

25 Raybearer

Jordan Ifueko

Each of Us a Desert

26 Each of Us a Desert

Mark Oshiro

A Song Below Water: A Novel

27 A Song Below Water: A Novel

Bethany C. Morrow

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