The 47th YSU English Festival Youngstown State University
April 9, 10, and 11, 2025. For more information click here.
During the summer, the English Festival committee reviews books that we are considering for the next Festival. We welcome feedback on any of the books at info@ysuenglishfestival.org.
2025 English Festival Preliminary List
The Door of No Return - Kwame Alexander
Drowned Cities - Paola Bacigalupi
Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks - Don Brown
Aru Shah and the End of Time - Roshani Chokshi
Legendborn - by Tracy Deonn
Ground Zero - Alan Gratz
Heroes - Alan Gratz
Refugee - Alan Gratz
The Brooklyn Nine - Alan Gratz
Two Degrees - Alan Gratz
When Stars Are Scattered - Victoria Jamieson
The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea - Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Grace Year - Kim Liggett
Freewater - Amina Luqman-Dawson
Swarm - Jennifer D. Lyle
Me (Moth) - Amber McBride
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe - Preston Norton
Louder Than Hunger - John Schu
The Last Mapmaker - by Christina Soontornvat
This Side of Home - Renee Watson
Kent State - Deborah Wiles