Summer Is for Cousins nicely hits all the emotional beats of a superfun family-filled vacation and reassures readers that people may grow and change, but affection endures.
Bestselling picture book author Jon Klassen brings much beauty to this genuinely (and delightfully) weird tale.
A Starlet’s Secret to a Sensational Afterlife is an engrossing supernatural murder mystery and a fierce ode to feminism.
Darker than Casey McQuiston’s I Kissed Shara Wheeler and lighter than Courtney Summers’ I’m the Girl, Malavika Kannan’s sapphic coming-of-age debut is beautifully heartbreaking.
Garden of the Cursed is an exciting start to a duology starring a teenage cursebreaker.
Emma Mills’ Something Close to Magic will remind readers of The Princess Bride: a fantastical tale with relationships that hit close to home.
This YA anthology set at a magical academy offers a resonant message of hope for a better future.
In You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight, Kalynn Bayron uses the premise of embedding real murders among haunted house-style fake ones to clever effect.
The first middle grade novel from P. Djeli Clark is a promising start to a thrilling adventure series.
Remy Lai juxtaposes serious topics with charming humor in Ghost Book, a lushly illustrated folkloric contemporary fantasy that will inspire readers to learn more about the real Hungry Ghost Festival.
The graphic novel Two Tribes examines the complex tensions and beautiful facets of a childhood between cultures and in a blended family.
This environmentally conscious tale has a memorable, compelling setting.
Every young reader, autistic or not, will likely identify with many of the feelings portrayed in Bitsy Bat, School Star, and its resourceful protagonist soon comes up with excellent solutions to her problems.
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