Lovely War

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Lovely War
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AuthorJulie Berry
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Books for Young Readers
Publication date
March 5, 2019
Pages480
ISBN978-0-147-51297-0

Lovely War is a young adult romance novel by Julie Berry, published March 5, 2019 by Viking Books for Young Readers. The book is a New York Times Bestseller, received starred reviews from various sources (i.e., Kirkus Reviews,[1] Publishers Weekly,[2] and Booklist[3][4]), and was named best book of the year by several sources (i.e., The Wall Street Journal,[5] BookPage,[6] Kirkus Reviews,[7] Buzzfeed,[8] Shelf Awareness,[9] and The Young Folks[10]).

Reception[]

Lovely War is a New York Times Bestseller[11] and received positive reviews from Shelf Awareness[9] and Common Sense Media,[12] as well as starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[1] Publishers Weekly,[2] and Booklist.[4] Before the book's release, it landed on Barnes & Noble's and Cosmopolitan's "most anticipated books" lists.[13][14] After its release, it landed on several "best of" lists:

  • Wall Street Journal's "Best Children's Books of 2019"[5]
  • BookPage's "Best Books of 2019: Young Adult"[6]
  • Kirkus Reviews' "Best YA Romance of 2019"[7]
  • Buzzfeed's "31 Young Adult Books That We Deemed The Best Of 2019"[8]
  • Shelf Awareness's "2019 Best Children's & Teen Books of the Year"[9]
  • The Young Folk's "Best Historical YA Fiction of 2019"[10]

The book also received the following accolades:

The audiobook received a starred review from Booklist,[3] as well as the following accolades:

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Lovely War". Kirkus Reviews. December 9, 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Children's Book Review: Lovely War by Julie Berry". Publishers Weekly. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Rockman, Connie (June 1, 2019). "Lovely War". Booklist. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Cooper, Ilene (March 1, 2019). "Lovely War". Booklist. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b Gurdon, Meghan Cox (2019-12-13). "The Best Children's Books of 2019". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  6. ^ a b "Best Books of 2019: Young Adult". BookPage. December 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-18. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "Best YA Romance of 2019". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  8. ^ a b Penn, Farrah; Osifo, Ehis (2019-12-18). "31 Of The Best Young Adult Books From 2019". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b c "Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, November 26, 2019". Shelf Awareness. November 26, 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b Galluccio, Marena (2019-12-19). "10 Best YA Historical Fiction of 2019". The Young Folks. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Lovely War by Julie Berry". Penguin Randomhouse. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Beach, Andrea (2019-04-05). "Lovely War - Book Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Adler, Dahlia (2019-01-10). "12 of Our Most Anticipated Historical YA Fiction of 2019". The B&N Teen Blog. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Chambers, Hannah (2019-10-27). "15 New Young Adult Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  15. ^ "2020 Audie Awards". Audio Publishers Association. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Lovely War". Julie Berry Books. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Walden Award". ALAN Online. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  18. ^ "2020 Top Ten Best Fiction". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Lam, Anna (2020-04-27). "2020 YALSA Teens' Top Ten nominees announced". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "2020 Teens' Top Ten" (PDF). Young Adult Library Services Association. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Lovely War". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Past Winners". The Whitney Awards. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ Stevenson, Deborah (January 2020). "2019 Blue Ribbons". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ Sutton, Roger (2019-11-19). "Fanfare 2019 Booklist". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio, 2019". Booklist. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ "2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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