{"id":60424,"date":"2016-05-26T22:16:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T11:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=60424"},"modified":"2016-05-30T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T01:25:48","slug":"teencon2016-11-ya-books-read-now-11-read-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/05\/26\/teencon2016-11-ya-books-read-now-11-read-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"TeenCon2016: 11 YA books to read now…and the 11 to read soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Sydney Writer’s Festival this year, I was lucky enough to attend\u00a0TeenCon, an event where passionate YA readers could discover more fantastic stories to get stuck into. The event was a total success, with my TBR pile growing by a mile!<\/p>\n

My favourite part of the event was the Read Now\/Read Later<\/strong> discussion, where a selection of publishers let us know about the books currently available, and the books to keep an eye out for.<\/p>\n

READ NOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When We Collided<\/a> – Emery Lord<\/p>\n

Not only is the cover absolutely wonderful, but this is one of the cutest love stories I have ever read. Vivi is spending her summer in a small town, where she meets Jonah, a big-hearted boy with a lot of responsibility. Their worlds collide, and it makes for wonderful reading!<\/p>\n

What I Saw<\/a> – Beck Nicholas<\/p>\n

Callie Jones is a good girl – she doesn’t want anything to go wrong with her scholarship. But then she finds herself witnessing a king hit which lands the town’s golden boy in a coma. She knows it wasn’t bad boy Rhett, but she doesn’t want to admit that she was somewhere she wasn’t supposed to be. Will Callie come clean and tell the truth? What other secrets is she hiding?<\/p>\n

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The Things I Didn’t Say<\/a> – Kylie Fornasier<\/p>\n

Piper and West fall in love. Only Piper doesn’t speak. At all. Piper has selective mutism, and it is the focus on this\u00a0misunderstood social anxiety disorder that makes this book so interesting. How does a romance survive when it is based on silence?
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\nThe Outliers<\/a> – Kimberley McCreight<\/p>\n

Wylie’s\u00a0best friend, Cassie, is missing. Then she starts sending cryptic, terrifying texts. Together with Jasper, the boy who broke Cassie’s heart, Wylie follows her trail. But something is really wrong; there’s something Cassie isn’t telling them. This book will keep your heart in your throat through its many twists and turns.<\/p>\n

The Special Ones<\/a> – Em Bailey<\/p>\n

This story is about a cult. Four teenagers in a remote farmhouse are the Special Ones. They play specific roles and follow rules dictated by ‘him’. Absolutely terrifying, and incredibly powerful,\u00a0The Special Ones<\/em> leaves you thinking about it long after you turn the last page.<\/p>\n

Confused <\/a>– Wanda Wiltshire<\/p>\n

This is the third book in the\u00a0Betrothed\u00a0<\/em><\/a>series, a mystical\u00a0young adult about the Fae\u00a0world. Amy Smith has always known she was different, and then a Faery Prince shows up in her dreams asking for her help to save his world.<\/p>\n

A Monster Calls<\/a> – Patrick Ness<\/p>\n

The movie is coming out very very soon. Make sure you read this terrifyingly wonderful story before you see the film!\u00a0Conor’s mother is sick, and the nightmares started shortly after her treatments did. The monster shows up, but it isn’t the one Conor was expecting. The story and its accompanying illustrations are absolutely wonderful, as are the messages they convey.<\/p>\n