Emilie Summer

everyone thank you for joining us for our monthly comps segment my name is emily summer i am the book buyer at east city bookshop in washington dc and i am as always very glad to be here i love it the most when i'm here to talk with my friend bianca but i am recording by myself today as they let me do sometimes so bianca thank you for having me and everybody else thank you for listening we will dive in to our comps we've got 10 today so we'll start with number one

Okay, I think you're right that the comps that you have suggested, Uglies is probably a little bit old.

The Giver, I think too big, although I'm right there with you because what a fantastic book that is.

I like the idea of Stranger Things minus the monsters set in the future, but that might be too many caveats.

So in thinking about more recent young adult dystopian that might work in place of those,

The first one I thought of is Coldwire by Chloe Gong.

That's a great recent YA dystopian.

She has a very strong name in YA, but it's not Lois Lowry big, and that's a new one.

I think there's a sequel coming out.

We did an event with her that was very popular.

So I would look at Coldwire,

And I just read about a book in Book Riot, I think, called The Danger of Small Things by Carol Lewis.

It sounded very interesting.

It sounds like a classic YA dystopian with a lot of intrigue, a very strong female main character.

So maybe take a look at that one as well.

Okay, for our second one, wow, I'm so impressed because one, this sounds like such an interesting story for a memoir.

I mean, it's so specific.

It's so unusual.

I'm right there with you.

And two, your comps are, to my mind, absolutely perfect.