Release date not yet known
Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness (Walker US) - US edition not yet added to Goodreads.
“I dream of Noise,” says our young narrator. But
that should be impossible. The Noise was “cured” years ago, though some
would argue “cure” is entirely the wrong word for the cost it
extracted. But our narrator isn’t the only one hearing it in his sleep;
so are all of his friends and maybe every young person on New World.
Something
is coming. From an inconceivable interstellar distance away, something
is coming that is about to commit an unspeakable crime. Who can stop
them? What chance does our narrator and his friends have against an
enemy so vast?
Fortunately, his family knows something about saving the world against impossible odds.
His parents are named Todd and Viola.
This
unputdownable, compelling trilogy follows a group of young people as
they’re thrust into a war they don’t even understand, and asks how much
can you forgive your enemy, if at all…
Young World by Soman Chainani (Random House Books)
Phoebe
Yeh at Random House has preempted Soman Chainani's first YA novel,
Young World, a geo-political thriller with two-color visuals, pitched as
House of Cards meets The Hunger Games. It follows Benton Young, an
average 17-year-old who is elected president of the U.S. When Benton is
accused of murdering another leader at the G-8 summit, he goes rogue to
clear his name and stop a plot that puts the world in danger.
Publication is planned for spring 2026; Pete Knapp at Park & Fine
Literary and Media brokered the deal for North American rights.
Spiraling Out by Maya Ameyaw (Annick Press)
"Author of WHEN IT ALL SYNCS UP and the forthcoming UNDER ALL THE LIGHTS Maya Ameyaw's SPIRALING OUT, pitched as SOME GIRLS DO meets SPINNING, about a young Black star figure skater who is forced to come to terms with her OCD, sexuality, and growing attraction to her ex-best friend throughout the countdown to Nationals, to Claire Caldwell at Annick Press, in an exclusive submission, by Lesley Sabga at The Seymour Agency (world English)."
March 3rd
The Beasts We Raise by D.L. Taylor (Henry Holt) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Newly-appointed Prime Mancella is desperate to keep the peace within her realm and within herself. Having recently acquired the power to physically split into separate versions of herself, her identity is beginning to fracture—along with her land, which is on the brink of war. The only semblance of normalcy in her life is her budding romance with thief-turned-confidant, Silver. . . at least until the mysterious Prime Reltas arrives at her doorstep asking, or rather demanding, her hand in marriage.
If Mance wants to avoid a fight that will devastate her realm, she’ll have to consider the proposal. Even if it destroys Silver. But Mance isn't ready to give up just yet. Desperate to free herself from the betrothal, Mance must seek allyship from other Primes and learn to control her new magic. If she fails, her decision to refuse Reltas's proposal will implode the delicate state of affairs across the realms, setting off a catastrophic war—and shatter two hearts in the process.
The Little Mosque in my Heart by Ahmad Saber (Atheneum) - moved from April 2025, then from May 2025.
An intensely brave, gorgeously written story about a gay Muslim teen who has to choose between being true to himself or his faith—and his realization that maybe they aren’t as separate as he thought.
Now a senior at the top-ranked high school for Muslim teenagers, Pakistani Canadian Ramin can’t wait for the fresh start of college. He’s spent his whole life following the word of Allah, his parents, and his imam. His parents immigrated from Pakistan, sacrificing everything for him and his little brother, and expect Ramin to be halal in all things, meet a nice Muslim girl, and settle into devout family life. However, Ramin’s heart wishes for something—or someone— the strong, athletic captain of the soccer team. But at school, being gay is definitely haram, not allowed, so Ramin limits himself to dreams of moving away to New York City.
Then Ramin learns his graduation is in jeopardy, and the only chance he’s given to get the needed physical education credits quickly is to join the school’s soccer team…and train one-on-one with Fahad, a.k.a. Captain Handsome. It’s a nightmare of temptation and resistance, compounded by threats from a longtime bully who is blackmailing Ramin, threatening to reveal a secret that could ruin him. Ramin’s only ray of light is Omar, a sweet and caring new friend whose family believes in a different, kinder Allah. He gently prods Ramin to consider his faith more deeply, challenging Ramin’s long held belief of Allah as merciless and unforgiving by introducing him to one who is instead merciful and loving.
With graduation, a championship soccer match, and the blackmail looming, the pressure on Ramin is too much to keep buried. He must decide between the consequences of speaking his truth and living a lie. He must decide which Allah lives in the little mosque in his heart.
She Drinks the Light by Yasmin Angoe (Feiwel and Friends)
Kat Brzozowski at Feiwel and Friends has acquired, at auction, She Drinks the Light, the YA debut by Yasmin Angoe, author of thrillers including the Nena Knight series and Not What She Seems. A Black vampire story inspired by Ghanaian folklore and West African mythology, the book follows a teen girl whose investigation after her best friend goes missing uncovers long-buried family secrets and threatens to destroy the way of life of everyone she loves. Publication is planned for winter 2026; Temple Hill Entertainment and Melissa Edwards at Stonesong did the deal for world rights.
March 10th
Here for a Good Time by Kim Spencer (Swift Water Books)
A poignant coming-of-age YA debut featuring an Indigenous teen girl grappling with the effects of intergenerational trauma while navigating school, family and young love, by multi-award-winning author Kim Spencer.
It is 1990. Morgan has lived all her life in the small fishing town of Prince Rupert in northern British Columbia. Ever since her mom took off when she was ten, Morgan has kept an eye on her dad, a commercial fisherman who works hard and occasionally parties even harder. After struggling to keep up and find a place at a public high school, Morgan's best friend Skye convinces her to attend an alternate school.
There, she meets Nate. Both cute and intelligent, Nate introduces her to a wider worldview, including music, movies and books, and becomes a lifeline after an unimaginable tragedy strikes. In the aftermath, Morgan learns hard truths about her mother's painful past and the resulting intergenerational effects of that trauma, and as she struggles to come to terms with her new reality, an unexpected development offers a chance of a fresh start, with love and forgiveness at its core.
This Must Be the Place by Kelly Quindlen (Roaring Brook Press) - moved from 2025.
Mekisha Telfer at Roaring Brook has bought This Must Be the Place by Kelly Quindlen (She Drives Me Crazy),
a YA novel about an 18-year-old lesbian who unexpectedly inherits a gay
bar from her late, not-so-straight Uncle George. Following graduation,
she spends the summer in football-obsessed Rustin, Ala., serving the
bar's colorful patrons, digging up family secrets, and fanning the
flames of an old spark with her childhood best friend—the closeted
daughter of Rustin University's venerated head football coach.
Publication is set for summer 2025; Marietta B. Zacker at Gallt &
Zacker Literary Agency sold North American rights.
March 17th
One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram (Henry Holt) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted slur.
Freshmen Dayton and Farshid couldn’t be more different—or so it seems.
When Dayton takes a dare and shouts the f-slur at a visiting author during a school event, it sets off a chain reaction that forces both boys to face parts of themselves they’d rather ignore.
Dayton, grappling with the fallout of his actions, faces rejection from his friends, disappointment from his parents, and a growing awareness of the harm he’s caused. Meanwhile, Farshid is left to untangle his own feelings—about himself and about the quiet struggle of coming to terms with his queerness in a world steeped in heteronormativity.
As their lives unexpectedly intersect, Dayton and Farshid must reckon with what kind of men they want to become and whether they have the courage to defy toxic masculinity and societal expectations.
Timely, raw, and deeply thought-provoking, this novel is perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Nic Stone.
The Redwood Bargain by Markelle Grabo (Page Street)
Lauren Knowles at Page Street has bought The Redwood Bargain by Markelle Grabo (Call Forth a Fox), a sapphic fairy tale inspired by the Brothers Grimm and Downton Abbey. To help her cousin out of trouble, Katrien agrees to pose as the lord's stepdaughter and spend seven years with the deadly forest creature she has been promised to. But Katrien's transformation from kitchen maid to proper lady is rife with obstacles, including blackmail, murder, and falling for the very lady she's meant to impersonate. Publication is planned for winter 2026; Tricia Lawrence at Erin Murphy Literary Agency brokered the deal for world rights.
March 24th
Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford (FSG) -
changed publisher from Disney Hyperion and moved from June 2025, then
from April 2026. Previously titled Something To Daydream About.
This is what dreams are made of.
Every teenager in America knows eighteen-year-old Felix Hwang, the lead singer of the most popular boy band since One Direction. Unfortunately, Natalie Nielsen is no exception. Though she thinks of him more as an annoying rich kid from her hometown than a heartthrob.
Uninterested in stardom, Natalie dreams of honoring her late dad’s legacy and making a positive impact on her beloved Deaf community by revamping her family’s run-down Deaf Center. The issue? She has no money. When Felix's little sister's hearing loss begins to accelerate, he gives Natalie a generous job offer that would help secure the Center’s future: but she must accompany him on tour this summer to teach him ASL.
What begins as a professional arrangement soon morphs into stolen kisses and late-night rendezvous. But as their connection deepens, so do the risks—and when their relationship suddenly takes center stage, it’s not only their hearts, but Felix’s career on the line. Between relentless public scrutiny, contractual obligations, and meddling band members, Natalie must decide if their dreams can co-exist in the spotlight.
Revenge of the Final Girl by Andrea Mosqueda (Feiwel and Friends)
Right As Rain by Tashie Bhuiyan (FSG)
Trisha de Guzman at FSG has bought, at auction, Tashie Bhuiyan 's Right as Rain , a speculative contemporary novel about a girl living with depression who, after being struck by lightning, must find a way to get rid of the storm cloud attuned to her emotions that's begun to follow her around. Publication is scheduled for winter 2026; Stuti Telidevara and Peter Knapp at Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management brokered the two-book deal for North American rights.
March 31st
Where No Shadow Stays by Sara Hashem (Holiday House) - moved from August 2025 and October 2025.
A homecoming queen and a bad-boy loner team up to break a generational curse in this YA supernatural horror from a talented American Egyptian voice.
Seventeen-year-old Mina is always focused on what comes next: exams, school dances, opportunities for a picnic by the lake. Filling up the future keeps her from lingering over how little she knows about her history or where she comes from. Anytime she asks her father questions about Egypt–or about her mother’s mysterious death–he struggles to open up.
When Mina receives an invitation from an aunt she’s never met to visit the Haikal mansion, her mother’s childhood home in El Agamy, Mina accepts. She can’t resist the chance to learn more about her roots or what happened to her mother, even if it means lying to her loves ones for the first time in her life.
But when Mina returns from El Agamy, she doesn’t come back alone.
A sinister entity follows Mina from the Haikal mansion to her tiny California town. Mina is forced to abandon her friends, her father, and everything she loves in order to prevent the entity from violently possessing them. Isolated and fighting for her life, Mina must seek help from an unlikely ally: Jesse Talbot, the mortician’s hostile son and the only person who proves immune to possession. Jesse would rather floss with barbed wire than team up with social butterfly Mina, but he doesn’t exactly have a choice—after all, he’s running from family secrets of his own.
As Mina and Jesse dig deeper into Mina’s family lore, they uncover a bloody debt that must be satisfied if Mina wants to finish senior year alive.
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