This is Season 2, Episode 11 of BeTWEEN the Lines! In this episode we talk about our current YA reads, books that feature a character with a disability, and some YA news!

Hosts: Jenn Deuell, Young Adult Coordinator @ Richmond Public Library; Barbara Haas, School Media Specialist @ Richmond Public Schools, Mohagony, 8th grader @ Boushall Middle School

Books discussed:

1:55 Gilded (Gilded #1) by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel and Friends, 2021)

5:45 The Lunar Chronical Series by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel and Friends, 2012-2015)

8:00 The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel and Friends, 2021)

11:40 Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (Balzer + Bray, 2020)

18:00 Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012)

21:58 A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass (Little, Brown and Company, 2005)

26:39 El Deafo by Cece Bell (Harry N. Abrams, 2014)

Other references:

Mya and the Three (Netflix, 2021)

Bookworm heaven: Automatic 24hr book dispensers set to become 2022’s newest trend (The First News, January 12, 2022)

Book vending machines installed in 25 Richmond elementary schools to ‘boost student literacy’ (ABC 8 News, September 18, 2021)

Music credit: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkoramaLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

If you are interested in middle school and interested in serving as a guest co-host on one of our episodes, please contact Jenn Deuell at jennifer.deuell@rva.gov or Barbara Haas at bhaas2@rvaschools.net