{"id":18064,"date":"2023-05-24T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-south\/?p=18064"},"modified":"2023-05-23T14:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:29:33","slug":"a-trio-of-reads-for-young-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-south\/blog\/2023\/05\/24\/a-trio-of-reads-for-young-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"A trio of reads for young adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>The YA market is growing massively (thanks TikTok) \u2026 these three are worth reading<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458023\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/Lies-we-sing-to-the-sea-254x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gorgeous, tragic, and timeless, Underwood&#8217;s LIES WE SING TO THE SEA makes an age-old story feel new again. This is Greek tragedy at its best: sweeping in scope yet deeply intimate in characterization. This book will break your heart&#8221; \u2014 Grace Li<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458024\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/Catfish-rolling-270x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stylish, accomplished and thought-provoking story-telling explores themes of identity, philosophy, science, ecology, life, loss and love. For 14+<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Way I Used to Be by \u00a0Amber Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-458025\" src=\"https:\/\/rekord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/05\/The-way-I-used-to-be-261x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All Eden wants is to rewind the clock. To live that day again. She would do everything differently. Not laugh at his jokes or ignore the way he was looking at her that night. 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