Adult Books 4 Teens: BookExpo Preview, 2012

SLJ — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:48:52 +0000

BookExpo 2012 is right around the corner, so I spent some time this weekend compiling my wish list. For this post I am limiting myself to adult books that have potential teen appeal. Please keep in mind that I haven’t seen most of these yet, so I am working off of instinct. That being said, these are the books and authors I am looking forward to encountering at the event.

First up, one of my favorite events every year, the Editors’ Buzz panel (Monday, 4:15pm). This is the chance for six editors to introduce the one upcoming book about which they are most excited. (Last year’s event, for example, included The Night Circus and Running the Rift.) This year’s titles with potential teen appeal:

The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu (Hogarth, Sept.). The author is a National Book Foundation “5 under 35″ honoree. Her novel is about girls coming of age in the Israeli Defense Forces.

In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (Simon & Schuster, July). A novel told by a young girl coming of age among the Cambodian killing fields, fighting for survival.

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Adult Books 4 Teens: BookExpo Preview, 2012