Welcome back for Episode 9 of BeTWEEN the Lines! In this episode we talk about our current YA reads, our favorite LGBTQIA+ books, and some YA news!

Hosts:
-Jenn Deuell, Young Adult Coordinator @ Richmond Public Library
-Barbara Haas, School Media Specialist @ Richmond Public Schools
-Tristan, 6th grader @ Collegiate School

Books discussed:

1:18 Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas (Blink, 2020)

5:05 Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu (Putnam Juvenile, 2011)

7:49 Author - Brandy Colbert

8:05 Author - Gary Schmidt

8:10 Author - Rick Riordan

8:50 The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (Viking, 2020)

16:28 Undercover Princess (The Rosewood Chronicles #1) by Connie Glynn (Penguin, 2017)

20:10 Birthday by Meredith Russo (Flatiron Books, 2019)

23:01 If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (Flatiron Books, 2016)

24:40 The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, 2020)

29:43 Loveless by Alice Oseman (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2020)

Other references:
Top Chef (Bravo TV)

The Great British Baking Show (PBS)

Progressive Pride Flag https://www.them.us/story/pride-flags-101

The YA Book Prize https://www.thebookseller.com/events/ya-book-prize

Music credit:
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: 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@richmondgov.com or Barbara Haas at bhaas2@rvaschools.net