

Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.

Here are the 50 biggest and buzziest young adult books to hit shelves this year! Also note, these are in no particular order. Can you believe?! To refresh our memories, we got to work. This is the first in a two-part series that will feature, hopefully, most of the books that your 2018 TBR comprised of! The *Book Shimmy* Awards have just begun, and we know that if you’re anything like us, you’ve either forgotten everything you read this year or just can’t believe it’s been so long.

The end of the year is on the horizon, and we’re taking a look back at the books that helped make our reading year so dang phenomenal.Īnd, let’s be honest, there were a lot of books.
