
2019 Gift Guide: Young Adult Books
Each year, Cracking the Cover compiles a list of books that make great gifts. The following are young adult books published in and/or reviewed in 2019.

Courtney Summers explores treatment of victims as objects in YA novel Sadie
Sadie, by Courtney Summers, follows a similar format to Serial while telling the fictional story of a missing girl determined to avenge her sister’s death.

Gloria Chao challenges family expectations in Our Wayward Fate
Don’t let the first line of Gloria Chao’s Our Wayward Fate put you off. It certainly raised my eyebrows, but it totally makes sense as you read on.

Lottie Perkins series good choice for emerging readers
I jumped at the chance to read/review the Lottie Perkins series written by Katrina Nannestad and illustrated by Makoto Koji.

Terry Lynn Johnson’s Dog Driven is a fast-paced MG adventure
Terry Lynn Johnson’s high-adventure books are page-turners, and her latest middle-grade novel, Dog Driven, lives up to her reputation.

Brandon Mull returns with Master of the Phantom Isle
Brandon Mull’s third book in the Dragonwatch series, Master of the Phantom Isle, takes up where Wrath of the Dragon King left off.

Sarah Jean Horwitz’s Dark Lord Clementine is MG gold
What do you do when your parents’ expectations aren’t something you can live up to? Sarah Jean Horwitz explores that idea in The Dark Lord Clementine.

Hope at center of Nicole Valentine’s Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity
Writing for young readers is a tremendous honor, says Nicole Valentine, author of the middle grade novel A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity.

Josh Lieb’s Chapter Two Is Missing is laugh out loud fun
From the minute my 5-year-old daughter picked up Chapter Two Is Missing, she was entranced. The picture book a laugh out loud read.

Josh Lieb’s Chapter Two Is Missing is laugh out loud fun
From the minute my 5-year-old daughter picked up Chapter Two Is Missing, she was entranced. The picture book a laugh out loud read.

Sofia Valdez, Future Prez is great addition to Questioneers series
We love Andrea Beaty and David Roberts’ The Questioneers series. So when Sofia Valdez, Future Prez landed on our front porch, it was immediately devoured.

When Sue Found Sue author Toni Buzzeo loves telling women’s science stories
Having a deep understanding of children is key to creating for them, says Toni Buzzeo, author of the picture book When Sue Found Sue.