YA

When the World Tips Over

Beloved for The Sky is Everywhere (which received an A24-produced film adaptation in 2022) and I’ll Give You the Sun, Printz Award-winner Jandy Nelson is back with When the World Tips Over, which brings readers to California wine country, where the three Fall siblings, still affected by the loss of their father years prior, have a life-changing encounter with a mysterious rainbow-haired girl.

Beloved for The Sky is Everywhere (which received an A24-produced film adaptation in 2022) and I’ll Give You the Sun, Printz Award-winner Jandy Nelson is back with When the World Tips Over, which brings readers to California wine country, where the three Fall siblings, still affected by the loss of their father years prior, have […]

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .

By Jason Reynolds

The National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature from 2020-2022 and winner of the Kirkus Prize (among countless other accolades), Jason Reynolds promises to charm readers with his usual sweet, exuberant prose in the story of Neon, a teenager facing his first time. Judy Blume has already chimed in to give her approval, calling this novel “fresh from start to finish.”

The Thirteenth Child

By Erin A. Craig

Erin A. Craig, bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows, is sure to add plenty of new twists to an old story in The Thirteenth Child. In this fantasy novel inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale “Godfather Death” Hazel Trépas is a 13th child, given to Merrick, the Dreaded End as a goddaughter. And just as in the original story, Hazel is promised to become a powerful healer—but one who can see that some patients are irrevocably fated to die.

Erin A. Craig, bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows, is sure to add plenty of new twists to an old story in The Thirteenth Child. In this fantasy novel inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale “Godfather Death” Hazel Trépas is a 13th child, given to Merrick, the Dreaded End as a goddaughter. […]

Spectacular

Illustrated by Rosie Fowinkle

Stephanie Garber gives fans of the wildly popular Caraval series plenty to rejoice over this holiday season with Spectacular, a novella that brings back beloved characters as they prepare to celebrate the Great Holiday. Garber promises whimsy and magic in this new adventure illustrated by Rosie Fowinkle.

Stephanie Garber gives fans of the wildly popular Caraval series plenty to rejoice over this holiday season with Spectacular, a novella that brings back beloved characters as they prepare to celebrate the Great Holiday. Garber promises whimsy and magic in this new adventure illustrated by Rosie Fowinkle.

Rani Choudhury Must Die

By Adiba Jaigirdar

The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar’s debut novel, was named one of Time’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time, and readers haven’t been disappointed by subsequent offerings such as Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating. In this new sapphic romance, two Bangladeshi Irish girls—and rivals—discover they’ve been dating the same boy, and join forces to compete at the European Young Scientist Exhibition with an app designed to expose cheaters. But what if in the course of their revenge plot, their frenemy relationship starts turning into something more?

The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar’s debut novel, was named one of Time’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time, and readers haven’t been disappointed by subsequent offerings such as Hani & Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating. In this new sapphic romance, two Bangladeshi Irish girls—and rivals—discover they’ve been dating the same boy, and join […]

Not for the Faint of Heart

By Lex Croucher

We adored Gwen & Art Are Not in Love, Lex Croucher’s “quirky, queer Arthurian remix with serious undertones.” In Not For the Faint of Heart, the bestselling author moves onto the legend of Robin Hood—well, specifically Robin Hood’s granddaughter, Mariel, a new captain of the Merry Men.

We adored Gwen & Art Are Not in Love, Lex Croucher’s “quirky, queer Arthurian remix with serious undertones.” In Not For the Faint of Heart, the bestselling author moves onto the legend of Robin Hood—well, specifically Robin Hood’s granddaughter, Mariel, a new captain of the Merry Men.

Heir

By Sabaa Tahir

Sabaa Tahir’s All My Rage won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the Michael L. Printz Award, and her bestselling An Ember in the Ashes was included in Time’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time list. Heir kicks off a new standalone duology set 20 years after the conclusion of the An Ember in the Ashes series, this time following an orphan, an outcast and a prince as their paths intertwine.

Sabaa Tahir’s All My Rage won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the Michael L. Printz Award, and her bestselling An Ember in the Ashes was included in Time’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time list. Heir kicks off a new standalone duology set 20 years after the conclusion of the […]

The Forbidden Book

By Sacha Lamb

Sacha Lamb’s debut, When Angels Left the Old Country, was a runaway hit, receiving widespread acclaim as well as a Printz Honor and Stonewall Book Award. But none of that information is necessary to ramp up anticipation for their sophomore novel, The Forbidden Book. This historical fantasy does so all by itself when 17-year-old Sorel encounters a dybbuk while exploring the dangerous side of her Jewish community in the Pale of Settlement.

Sacha Lamb’s debut, When Angels Left the Old Country, was a runaway hit, receiving widespread acclaim as well as a Printz Honor and Stonewall Book Award. But none of that information is necessary to ramp up anticipation for their sophomore novel, The Forbidden Book. This historical fantasy does so all by itself when 17-year-old Sorel […]

Flamboyants

Illustrated by Charly Palmer

George M. Johnson made waves with their critically acclaimed debut, All Boys Aren’t Blue, which became a bestseller—as well as the second-most challenged book in the United States in 2022 and 2023. Their new young adult nonfiction book, Flamboyants, spotlights queer Black icons from the 1920s such as Zora Neale Hurston and Josephine Baker. The biographies are accentuated by colorful illustrations from Charly Palmer, winner of the 2018 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award.

George M. Johnson made waves with their critically acclaimed debut, All Boys Aren’t Blue, which became a bestseller—as well as the second-most challenged book in the United States in 2022 and 2023. Their new young adult nonfiction book, Flamboyants, spotlights queer Black icons from the 1920s such as Zora Neale Hurston and Josephine Baker. The […]

The White Guy Dies First

By Terry J. Benton-Walker

Readers won’t want to put down The White Guy Dies First, a creative and creepy collection in which expectations are subverted and underrepresented groups claim their power from ghouls and demons both real and supernatural.

Readers won’t want to put down The White Guy Dies First, a creative and creepy collection in which expectations are subverted and underrepresented groups claim their power from ghouls and demons both real and supernatural.

Time and Time Again

By Chatham Greenfield

Readers looking for a sweet, moving love story will enjoy getting to know Phoebe and Jess in Time and Time Again, a fun, speculative queer romance.

Readers looking for a sweet, moving love story will enjoy getting to know Phoebe and Jess in Time and Time Again, a fun, speculative queer romance.

Our Beautiful Darkness

By Ondjaki, Illustrated by Antonio Jorge Goncalves

A stunning representation of not only pain and conflict, but also the joy that is still able to make its way through, Our Beautiful Darkness is sure to leave readers considering, appreciating and reflecting on the world around them.

A stunning representation of not only pain and conflict, but also the joy that is still able to make its way through, Our Beautiful Darkness is sure to leave readers considering, appreciating and reflecting on the world around them.