Young Adult Historical Fiction discussion

It's been several months since our last group read. As part of reactivating Young Adult Historical Fiction we are starting up the group reads again.

As always the rules are:
•All books should be within the YAHF genre. This means no 18+ material, and, obviously, all books must be historical.
•You may only nominate one book.
•Authors cannot nominate their own books.
•You should not nominate a book that has already been chosen as a group read.

The nominations will end on March 26th and will then be put to a vote!

For my nomination I'm choosing Jackaby by William Ritter.

Bella Wallis: A Victorian Mystery Quartet

That is my nomination.

The Bella Wallis Quartest sounds right up my alley but my library does not carry those, unfortunately for me. :(

I nominate: A Rose for the ANZAC Boys


That may not be widely available so I will also nominate
Blood Secret

Under a Painted Sky

Prince of Shadows

I LOVED Under a Painted Sky! It's different but really good. It was almost the best book I read last year.

Kristal wrote: "Prince of Shadows "

QNPoohBear wrote: "The Bella Wallis Quartest sounds right up my alley but my library does not carry those, unfortunately for me. :(

I nominate: A Rose for the ANZAC Boys
"

Thanks so for your nominations! They all look like really great books to read.

However with the nominations for Young Adult Historical Fiction group reads each person can only nominate one book. So if you could please let me know which of the books you've suggested that you would like to go in the poll for the April Group Read, that would be great. Otherwise I will just choose the first book that you posted to include in the poll.

QNPoohBear wrote: "I LOVED Under a Painted Sky! It's different but really good. It was almost the best book I read last year."
QNPoohBear - I totally agree. I loved it so much I nominated it for the YALSA Best Books. I am so hoping for a sequel (and a movie)!!

QNPoohBear - Stacey Lee's new book comes out in two months: Outrun the Moon I already have it on hold at the library!

Rhaine wrote: "However with the nominations for Young Adult Historical Fiction group reads each person can only nominate one book. So if you could please let me know which of the books you've suggested that you would like to go in the poll for the April Group Read, that would be great. Otherwise I will just choose the first book that you posted to include in the poll.


Can people check to see if they can get either of the books and report back before I give an answer?

is not available at the Portland OR library.

I made up my mind in favor of a print book since I already have some books downloaded on my computer.

Blood Secret

Kristal wrote: "Bella Wallis: A Victorian Mystery Quartet

That is my nomination."

Hi Kristal. I'm creating the poll for the group read right now and I've had a quick look at both of the books you nominated. The Bella Wallis quartet looks really interesting however it does not seem to be in the ya historical fiction genre and it also seems to have some more explicit content. So I think it would be best to instead include your second nomination, Prince of Shadows, in the group read poll.

The April group read poll has now gone up. So make sure to check it out and vote!

The poll has ended and the group read for April is Under a Painted Sky. If you'd like to check out the group read discussion you can find it here.