Reminder for @CoNZealand members: we're into the last hours of voting for the Lodestar Award for Best YA Book.

Cast of Wonders has been thrilled to bring you short stories from 4 of the 6 nominees in the last few weeks, but they're all amazing authors. Do check them out!
Devil's Bridge, by @FrancesHardinge https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-420-devils-bridge/

Frances is eligible for the Lodestar Award for Deeplight https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/frances-hardinge/deeplight/9781509836956
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

The story of a friendship as deep and dangerous as the ocean by the Costa Award-winning author of The Lie Tree.

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-420-devils-bridge/
So Much Cooking, by @NaomiKritzer

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-418-so-much-cooking/

Naomi's Lodestar Finalist novel is Catfishing on Catnet https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250165077
Catfishing on CatNet | Naomi Kritzer | Macmillan

How much does the internet know about YOU? From Hugo and Locus Award-winning author Naomi Kritzer, Catfishing on CatNet is a thought-provoking near future YA...

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-418-so-much-cooking/
Please, Stop Printing Unicorns, by @fran_wilde

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-417-please-stop-printing-unicorns/

Fran's novel Riverland utterly broke my heart, in the best way.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riverland-Fran-Wilde/dp/1419733729
Cast of Wonders 417: Please, Stop Printing Unicorns - Cast of Wonders

Please, Stop Printing Unicorns by Fran Wilde It shouldn’t need to be said that home bioprinters are not toys. And yet, as The New York Times reported last week, Fisher Price Waterhouse will soon...

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-417-please-stop-printing-unicorns/
The Wolf and the Woodsman, by @UrsulaV

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-416-the-wolf-and-the-woodsman/

T Kingfisher's novel Minor Mage is hilarious, and a fantastic Lodestar finalist. https://argyllproductions.com/product/minor-mage/
Minor Mage

Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day. He only knew three spells, and one of them was to control his allergy to armadillo dander. His attempts to summo…

https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/06/cast-of-wonders-416-the-wolf-and-the-woodsman/
We weren't able to showcase anything by @deuceofgears or Holly Black this year, but Dragon Pearl and The Wicked King are also both excellent reads.

My 11yo wants to add a special recommendation for Dragon Pearl, partly because they LOVE foxes, but also because it's 'just epic'.
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