Jade Adia books

Jade Adia is an American YA author whose fiction explores race, class, and community in contemporary Los Angeles, including the award-winning There Goes the Neighborhood.
Author · Young Adult · Contemporary Fiction

Standalone Novels

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There Goes the Neighborhood 2023 Buy
Our Shouts Echo 2024 Buy

Jade Adia is a Los Angeles-born author who writes young adult fiction about Black nerds, anti-capitalism, and home. She holds a degree in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale and studied Critical Race Studies at UCLA Law. Her debut novel, There Goes the Neighborhood (2023), follows three South L.A. teens fighting gentrification in their neighborhood and won the 2024 Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award.

Her second novel, Our Shouts Echo (2024), follows a sixteen-year-old L.A. transplant who finds unexpected summer romance through a hiking group. Both books are published by Freeform/Disney-Hyperion and are grounded in specific places and communities, exploring how race, class, and proximity shape the way young people experience their world.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Jade Adia written?

Jade Adia has written 2 books across 1 series.

What was Jade Adia's first book?

Jade Adia’s first book is There Goes the Neighborhood, published in 2023.

What is There Goes the Neighborhood about?

There Goes the Neighborhood (2023) is Jade Adia’s debut novel about gentrification and community in a changing Los Angeles neighborhood. The story follows residents navigating displacement, identity, and the tensions that arise when a neighborhood’s character starts to shift.

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