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Marie Claire's Best YA of 2019

1/22/2019

It's winter, half the country is covered in snow, and it's time to snuggle up with a fleece blanket and a mug of hot tea and dive into your next favorite YA novel. The genre is perfect for winter hibernation—my favorite YA books are equal parts sincere, heartbreaking, and unflinchingly honest. The kind you can zip through in an afternoon or two...

All your favorite fantasy heroes are actually refugees

1/10/2019

From Penguinteen.com

YA has never shied away from reflecting reality in all its beauty and brutality. Think contemporary classics like The Outsiders, Speak, or The Hate You Give. These books give us the mirrors and windows we need to see and understand the world. What’s less obvious is how YA fantasy worlds are eerie reflections of reality too. I started noticing this when I first read the Hunger Games. At the time I was working in Africa, interviewing refugees who had fled from Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Eritrea. I was like, Hunger Games isn’t fiction! It’s Ethiopia! District 12 is just Oromia and the Capital is Addis Ababa! (I was told to get some rest and maybe lay off the fantasy novels)...

Read an Excerpt from Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday

1/1/2019

ONE

THEN: OCTOBER 18, 0600 HOURS
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

I ﬂoat, I ﬂoat, I ﬂoat.

I open my eyes and for a second they sting, and then nothing. I look around. Underneath me the ﬂoor of the ocean swells up pale and solid. Above, the sun is broken on the water’s surface into a million shining pieces...

LET'S GO SWIMMING ON DOOMSDAY is on the Kids Indie Next List for Winter 2018-2019!!

11/21/2018

Doomsday is Near

11/10/2018

2019 Penguin Teen YA Book Preview!
It feels SO far away but 2019 for YA books is shaping up to be GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
And because we know, you need to know ALL the details as soon as possible to get your TBR’s ready, we created this preview of our breaking news 2019 titles to keep you in the loop of all the best new fantasy, romance, action, thrillers and series ending dramas hitting shelves.

Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday, Natalie C Anderson – January 15, 2019

If you loved City of Saints and Thieves (and lots of people including Kerry Washington did!) then be excited for Natalie C Anderson’s return! This heartbreaking yet riveting story of child soldier Abdi leave you on the edge of your seat.

Cover Reveal for New Book!

10/1/2018

New York Times Book Review

4/16/2017

“City of Saints and Thieves” is a twisty-turny, chock-full-of-secrets, so-exciting-you-have-to-force-yourself-to-take-breaks-and-breathe kind of novel."

City of Saints and Thieves movie option!!!!

2/15/2017

Universal Lands ‘City Of Saints & Thieves'; Will Packer, Kerry Washington Produce

BookPage: An inspiring new heroine

2/1/2017

"In Tina, author Natalie C. Anderson has created an unforgettable heroine, who, like Katniss Everdeen and Lisbeth Salander, leaps off the page as a distinct individual, both strong and vulnerable."

Romantic Times Top Pick

2/1/2017

"Anderson's debut is an astonishing, thrilling, evocative tale that will shock you even as your heart aches and your arms cheer for this amazing, worthy heroine." -- RT Top Pick

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