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Many thanks to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.

Another great selection of Young Adult books coming out this fall. It truly is amazing to see the diversity, variety and inclusivity of this genre. Kobe Bryant is releasing another in his series of books that focus on young athletes and the challenges they face. This time it will be a young black girl who faces “The Queen” in a tennis match. There seemed to be a focus on young people overcoming odds. “I’m Not Dying With You Tonight” by Golly Segal and Kimberly Jones puts two young teens surviving a night on the streets after a violent outbreak. “Home Girl” by Alex Wheatle main character is a girl stuck in the foster system. “Scars Like Wings” by Erin Stewart is about a teen adjusting to life after a terrible accident that took her family and left her with scars on the inside and out. “Coral” by Sara Ella is a modern take on a Hans Christian Anderson tale that explores mental health issues. As an educator, I really like stories that focus on youth struggling and overcoming the odds. Everything in life is so big when you are a teen and, if done well, they relate to these stories where they can see themselves. The selection of excerpts did seem to be a bit small compared to other Buzz Books but I always appreciate someone doing the work for me and culling down the huge list of releases down to a few pages of what to watch out for.

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Fantastic preview collection. Valuable tool to peek into forthcoming titles including debut authors and old favorites. Excellent.

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I love the samples of young adult novels to get find new books to put on my radar. This one however, had a lot of books I was meh or not interested in.

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There are some great books listed here coming out this Fall! Thank so much for the sneak peak into some of them! I can't wait to read several of them now!!!

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One of my new favorite books! This author has such a way with words the pages flew by in no time! I can’t wait to see the next work by this author! This was such a joy to read!

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This has me so hyped about upcoming book releases! I can't wait to get my hands on these for my classroom library.

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I love this for keeping track of upcoming books that I can use for recommendation to my book clubs. I will refer to this several times all summer long and into fall.

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This was extremely helpful in providing a brief introduction to many of the upcoming YA releases. While most of these books are not something I am personally interested in reading, it is immensely helpful in my ability to sell books to my YA reading customers. Thank you to the publisher for providing this introduction to these stories.

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Added most of these to my to-read list - can't wait for them to come out! However one of the extracts started at chapter 2... what's the point in that?

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I am looking forward to reading Legacy and The Queen (Kobe Bryant and Annie Matthew) and I'm Not Dying With You Tonight (Segal and Jones).

But, I am really (almost obsessively so) looking forward to reading Home Girl by Alex Wheatle!

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As always great way to learn and read extracts of books that are coming out soon. Love this idea as most of the time it gives you tasters of books you may not have requested without having read the excerpt. It can also work the other way, as in a book you thought you would love that you dont like after reading the excerpt. It prevents you from requesting a book you dont like and leaves the arcs for those who may like the book more.,

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This is a very helpful list of upcoming titles to be aware of for the Fall and Winter! Thank you for the opportunity to view these excerpts and grow my TBR list.

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As usual, the Buzz Books is a great way to see the listings of upcoming books to be ready for in the following season of reading. I enjoyed the list and previews there more than most of the choices of excerpts, with a few of the chosen excerpts catching my eye as potentially great reads as well. Overall, this wasn't as good an overall collection, but still worth the look through.
Thanks for the opportunity to preview upcoming titles.

#BuzzBooks2019YoungAdultFall/Winter #NetGalley

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really great variety of books and excerpts to read. found quite a few new authors and publishers to look for int he future.

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I love Buzz Books! This is a wonderful resource to review new books and determine what you want to read in the future. Love, love this book!

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Normally, I rave about Buzz Books. More often than not, there is more "for" me than not. Sadly, not this time around. As always, Buzz Books layout, including excerpts, is excellent. However, there was very little in terms of actual offerings that appealed to me this time around. Better luck in 2020, I suppose.

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Some very interesting titles that had previously escaped my radar in this one - thank you for correcting that, and as always, thank you for the previews!

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There was a few books that I didn't know anything about that I'm now interested in and some books that I'm no longer looking forward to that much. This is such a great way to find new books and see how you get along with an authors writing.

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Before this Buzz Book, I had skipped over reading all other Buzz Books before and now I"m a little disappointed in myself. This book was a great combination of samplers of future books and while not all of the books appealed to me, it did help me find a few books that I would have overlooked had I not read a sneak peek in this book. I also loved the fact that it had a pretty extensive list of books that would be coming out this fall/winter to look farther into and know the current expected publication date.

Thanks to whomever took the time to put this book together. It was a very helpful read.

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I do appreciate the preview of upcoming titles, many of which I'm very excited about and have put them on my purchase list.

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