Release date not yet known
Hollow by Taylor Grothe (Peachtree Teen)
HOLLOW, coming from Peachtree Teen in Fall 2025,
is a YA horror debut perfect for fans of Sawkill Girls and cult movie
Midsommar but set in the mountains of Upstate New York.
After
returning to Deep Glen, NY and reuniting with her (ex) friend group
after an unwelcome autism diagnosis, all Cassie Davis wants to do is
pretend her years away never existed. She’s still the same hero-loving
Lord of the Rings superfan and avid hiker she always was. To her
delight, she convinces old friends Jac, Melody, and Blake to hike Hollow
Ridge with her for old time’s sake. Nothing has changed between them…
right?
Simmering tensions flare to a boil. Old hurts erupt over
Cassie’s abandonment and her feelings for Jac–including their first
kiss, long avoided but never forgotten. The night devolves into an
alcohol-soaked haze. Cassie awakens to a freak storm bearing down on an
abandoned campsite. The sour memory of a half-remembered argument
lingers like a ghost, strengthening her resolve to finish the hike.
She never gets the chance.
Cassie
stumbles into The Roost, an artists’ colony home to the kind, if odd,
Kaleb. She feels more welcome than she ever has before. But when her
friends emerge from the woods–without Blake–and the residents of The
Roost begin carving masks for a mysterious trek to the top of Hollow
Ridge, the warmth Cassie feels for Kaleb ebbs. It’s replaced by a
bone-deep anxiety she trusted the wrong people.
Cassie never
wanted to be like the heroes in her favorite stories… but she’ll have to
become one to save her friends, and herself.
Publication is set for fall 2025.
I Put a Spell on You by Claire Edge (HarperCollins)
And the River Drags Her Down by Jihyun Yun (Knopf) - note change to title from "You" to "Her".
The Han sisters – Mirae and Soojin – possess an unusual gift inherited from their mother: the ability to reanimate the dead.
It began with an ancestor who buried a chicken bone in the dirt and inadvertently brought the bird back to life, saving her family from starvation. The sisters have always heeded their late mother’s warning never to resurrect anything larger than a small animal. But when Mirae is found mysteriously drowned, Soojin is unable to resist the temptation to bring her back to life.
At first, the sisters are overjoyed to be reunited, but Soojin’s happiness is overshadowed by the burden of keeping the resurrect- ed Mirae hidden from the world, especially from her father. When Soojin rekindles a relationship with a childhood friend, Mark, he ecomes her reluctant co-conspirator, but also her conscience, questioning the wisdom of keeping Mirae tied to a world where she doesn’t belong.
Meanwhile, Mirae is having trouble remembering her own name and is plagued by an insatiable hunger and lust for vengeance. As Mirae’s bloodlust grows, Soojin is forced to reckon with the fact that the sister she brought back isn’t the one she knew.
Everything She Does Is Magic by Bridget Morrissey (Delacorte)
Hannah Hill at Delacorte has acquired Everything She Does Is Magic by Bridget Morrissey, a sapphic YA romance set in a Halloween-obsessed town, in which a local enlists the help of the new girl to plan the upcoming fall festivities, not realizing she has recruited a real witch. Publication is scheduled for fall 2025; Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary sold world English rights.
Most Valuable Player by Amanda Woody (Viking)
Dana Leydig at Viking has bought Most Valuable Player by Amanda Woody (They Hate Each Other), a queer YA rom-com in which a cocky quarterback gets benched for low grades, and finds his tutor to be none other than the elusive waterboy who just ruthlessly rejected him. Publication is slated for fall 2025; Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media negotiated the two-book deal for world English rights.
The Silenced by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (Delacorte)
Alison Romig at Delacorte has acquired The Silenced by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (Hatchet Girls). When a group of childhood friends meet at an abandoned reform school for girls, Hazel Perez is accidentally knocked unconscious and awakes with a thirst for payback that isn't her own. Publication is scheduled for fall 2025; Lane Heymont at the Tobias Literary Agency brokered the two-book deal for world rights.
Truth Is by Hannah V. Sawyerr (Abrams)
Maggie Lehrman at Abrams has acquired North American rights to Truth Is by Morris Award finalist and Walter Award Honoree Hannah V. Sawyerr (All the Fighting Parts). Seventeen-year-old poet Truth Bangura begins senior year unsure of life after graduation, but when she learns she's pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision she is sure about—an abortion. When Truth performs a poem about her decision and her emotionally turbulent home life, the performance is recorded and posted online for everyone to see—including her mother. Publication is set for fall 2025. Jordan Hill at New Leaf Literary did the deal; the author is now represented by Samantha Fabien at Root Literary.
Extraordinary Quests for Amatuer Witches by Kayla Cottingham (Delacorte)
Untitled by Sujin Witherspoon (Union Square & Co.)
Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins (Skybound Comet) - YA graphic novel, traditionally published edition not yet added to Goodreads.
Alex Antone at Skybound Comet has acquired world rights in an exclusive submission, to Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley (Glitch) and Stef Purenins, a YA graphic novel by the creators of Donut the Destroyer and Our Super Adventure, in which pizza magic trainee Roxy journeys to be the best Pizza Witch that's ever lived as she navigates unsupportive parents, a lackadaisical boss, and finding confidence in herself. Publication is set for September 2025; Steven Salpeter at Assemble Media negotiated the deal while at Curtis Brown Ltd.
September 2nd
Rules for Fake Girlfriends by Raegan Revord (Wednesday Books)
Rom-com obsessed but perpetually single Avery Blackwell abandons her plans to attend Columbia in favor of spending her freshman year at her recently deceased mother’s alma mater in a seaside town in England. On the train, Avery makes a deal straight out of one of her beloved romance books with a charming local girl named Charlie: if Avery will pretend to be her girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Charlie will help Avery solve the scavenger hunt her artistic, free-spirited mother left behind on campus decades ago.
As their quest takes them all over Brighton, Avery finally starts to connect with the mother she always loved but never really understood. Before long, pretending to be Charlie’s girlfriend starts to feel like more than just an illusion. But when long-hidden secrets come to light, Avery grapples with an uncertain future and whether or not love is worth the risk.
The Deep Well by Laura Creedle (Quill Tree Books) - moved from 2024, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
When five-year-old April Fischer heard a strange voice coming from the bottom of a superdeep borehole, it triggered a massacre. Among the victims of the massacre was April’s foreman dad, but his body was never found.
Urban legend has it that the massacre was a blood sacrifice made by the mysterious Deep Well cult to open a portal to another dimension. It doesn’t help when the terrible movie based on her life called Hellhole! suggests that a demon-possessed April opened the portal on the day of the massacre. After that, only April’s best friend, the skeptical, acerbic Grace stood by her.
Almost twelve years later, an online group of Deep Well cultists are convinced that the voice told April to open a portal to another dimension— and she needs to come back to the drill site on her seventeenth birthday to finish the job.
Nothing could bring April back until documents from the drill site convince her that her dad is on the other side of the portal— and that he's still alive. Aided by Grace, Zach, who lost his uncle in the massacre, and Slater, a mysterious newcomer with motives of his own, April searches for the truth about what happened that day with the hope of bringing her dad back home.
But the clock is ticking down towards her birthday, and the cultists need another sacrifice...
Grave Flowers by Autumn Krause (Peachtree Teen) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
A twisty, dark-royalcore YA fantasy that takes the courtly intrigue of Hamlet and infuses it with the vicious ambition of the Boleyn family. For fans of House of the Dragon and readers who love The Cruel Prince, Red Queen, and Sara J. Maas.
Marry the Prince, then kill him…
Princess Madalina and her twin sister Inessa were born attached at the hand and separated right after. That’s the only time the sisters ever held hands. The girls’ personalities have been shaped in the Sinet family’s drive to make their kingdom more than it is: unrespectable and loathsome, a damp place where deceit fills the palace walls like mold.
Madalina is different from her family. She’s considered the weak one and only finds peace in the garden, tending the flowers, which are pejoratively called grave flowers because they are ideal for tortures and torments. Secretly, she dreams of escape and a new life.
Then Inessa, who was betrothed to Prince Hadrian, the heir of a wealthy kingdom, appears to Madalina as a ghost. She decries her murder and begs Madalina to free her from Bide, a terrifying place where souls get caught. Now Madelina must take her sister’s place and carry out her secret mission: Inessa wasn’t just sent to marry Prince Hadrien, but to kill him, too, and solidify a pact with his uncle.
On behalf of her family, Madelina must finish the job, knowing that whoever wanted Inessa dead is sure to wish her dead as well.
Step into the deadly and decedent world of Grave Flowers, a seductive, royalcore romantic fantasy from acclaimed author Autumn Krause that will enthrall readers at every turn.
Bad In the Blood by Matteo L. Cerilli (Tundra) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
In a world where magical beings, fey, are mistrusted and often institutionalized, a human brother and fey sister must team up to solve a bizarre murder in this 1920s-inspired queer teen fantasy novel.
In the city of Puck’s Port, where motorized vehicles fill the streets and new technological marvels abound, something rotten is lurking under the surface. A violent murder at the docks seems to point to a fey killer, igniting a powder keg of distrust between the city’s humans and its fey inhabitants — folks who wield wonderful but often uncontrollable magical power.
Gristle Senan Maxim Junior finds himself caught in the middle. Forced into the reluctant role of private investigator, like his late father, he’s working to solve the mystery of this fiery murder... mainly because his sister, Hawthorne Stregoni, is a fey herself with an unfortunate penchant for setting things ablaze.
Hawthorne is part of an experimental study to control feyism but struggles to keep her powerful magic in check in a country that hates what she is. Can she and Gristle work together to find the true instigator of the murder before it’s too late?
The Steps by Wendelin Van Draanen (Holiday House) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Riverdale meets The Queen’s Gambit in this fun, twisty thriller by an Edgar Award-winning author, featuring a deliciously dysfunctional family with dark secrets and shifting alliances.
Fourteen-year-old chess whiz Ruby Vossen tries to keep to herself. She refuses to be a pawn in her wealthy family’s web of deception.
But ever since Ruby’s mother and aunt died in a car wreck, the battle lines drawn within the Vossen clan have ruled her life. Ruby’s father and uncle became irreparably estranged, and within months, Ruby’s cousin/BFF was banished from her life, her father remarried, and she wound up with a gold-digging stepmom who has two teens of her own—The Steps.
So when strange and dangerous things begin happening on the Vossen estate, Ruby sees only one logical explanation: The Steps are scheming to inherit the Vossen fortune. And as things get more and more intense, it seems like killing is in their playbook.
Luckily, Ruby has her own playbook, and she’s not about to go down without a fight. She’ll even break her dad’s rules to get her cousin back on her side of the chessboard . . . It’s time to check-mate The Steps before they can finish the Vossens off.
Secrets, lies, and lethal threats abound in this clever, quirky thriller by the award-winning, bestselling author of Flipped and the Sammy Keyes mysteries.
Sunderworld Vol. 2: The Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry (Dutton)
The second installment in the instant NYT bestselling new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, author of the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.
Sunderworld isn’t finished with Leopold Berry—not by a long shot. In the aftermath of the incredible cliffhanger that ended Vol. 1, Leopold, Emmet, and Isabel will begin to unravel the mysteries of Sunder and the secret history of Leopold’s family. Vol. 1 left readers breathless, and Vol. 2 promises even more magic and suspense.
Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson (Margaret K. McElderry Books) - moved from August 2025.
Kate Prosswimmer at McElderry Books has acquired Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson, a contemporary YA romance full of autumnal wish fulfillment that applies the Hallmark Christmas movie convention to fall. When 17-year-old Ellis is forced to move from Manhattan to Bramble Falls, Conn., at the beginning of senior year, she'll have to confront the truth of what she wants for her future while negotiating an old flame and the town's annual Falling Leaves Festival. Publication is set for summer 2025; Daniel Lazar and Victoria Doherty Munro at Writers House negotiated the deal for world rights.
For the Rest of Us by Various YA Authors (Quill Tree Books)
Karen Chaplin at HarperCollins/Quill Tree has acquired world rights to For the Rest of Us, a YA anthology of contemporary short stories about the joy and wonder that the holidays bring, with each story immersing readers in a different national or cultural holiday, edited by Dahlia Adler. Contributors include Candace Buford, AR Capetta and Cory McCarthy, Preeti Chhibber, Natasha Diaz, Kelly Loy Gilbert, Kosoko Jackson, Aditi Khorana, Katherine Locke, Abdi Nazemian, Laura Pohl, Sonora Reyes, and Karuna Riazi. Publication is planned for winter 2025; Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency did the deal.
Oxford Blood by Rachael Davis-Featherstone (Wednesday Books) - previously titled Oxford Slays.
Sara Goodman at Wednesday Books has bought, in a preempt, Oxford Slays by Rachael Davis-Featherstone. For fans of Ace of Spades and The Secret History, Oxford Slays is a high-stakes, kill-or-be-killed YA murder mystery set at a fictional Oxford University about a girl who has been accused of murdering her best friend, and must prove her innocence before an anonymous social media account ruins her. Publication is set for spring 2025; Allison Hellegers at Stimola Literary Studio did the two-book deal for North American rights on behalf of U.K. packager Storymix.
Witchkiller by Ashlee Latimer (Scholastic)
Talia Seidenfeld at Scholastic has acquired Witchkiller by Ashlee Latimer, a dark YA reimagining of "Hansel and Gretel" told from Gretel's perspective. After killing a witch to save her brother, Gretel must grapple with her family's newfound stolen wealth, a betrothal to a prince she hardly knows, and the nearby coven that threatens to upend it all. Publication is slated for fall 2025; Marietta B. Zacker at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.
Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon (HarperAlley) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2024.
Andrew Arnold at HarperAlley has acquired, in a two-book preempt, Silenced Voices by Eisner-nominated Pablo Leon, a YA graphic novel about two sisters who find their way back to each other after being separated during a military raid on their village during the civil war in Guatemala in 1982. Publication of the first book is planned for winter 2024; Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management brokered the deal for North American rights.
Keep Your Friends Close by Cynthia Murphy (Delacorte) - US edition not yet added to Goodreads.
"Keep
Your Friends Close centers on Chloe, a student at Morton Academy who
finds her social life in free fall after her best friend snatches the
Head Girl position away from her. Chloe begins venting her frustrations
via her Book of Crime and Punishment where she and her friends imagine
suitable punishments for those who have wronged them. But when people
start dying in similar circumstances from the book, Chloe races to
uncover who’s behind the string of murders before the killer catches up
to her."
September 9th
House of Hearts by Skyla Arndt (Viking) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Violet’s best friend’s death was ruled a freak accident, but Vi knows there’s more to the story than what’s in the official report. Emoree had been trying to tell her something right up until her death—cryptic messages all centered around her elite new boarding school’s mysterious secret society known as the Cards.
So Violet does what no one else seems willing to do: transfers to Emoree’s fancy school so she can dig into the Cards’ murky history and find out what really happened to her friend. She knows the truth might not be pretty, but what she doesn’t bargain for is the obnoxiously privileged (and frustratingly alluring) boy at the center of it all…and the vengeful ghost that’s haunting his family.
Elsewhere: Deluxe Edition by Gabrielle Zevin (FSG) - anniversary edition of a 2005 release, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.
Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?
Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick, and you’ll never turn even a day older . . .
This is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth yet completely different. Here, Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby and returns to Earth.
But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. Now that she’s dead, though, Liz is forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has never met before. And it isn’t going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?
A book that transcends genre and category, Elsewhere is a modern YA classic. This deluxe edition features stained edges, a new Q&A from the author, and personal black-and-white photographs.
Thorn Season by Kiera Azar (HarperCollins/Storytide) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
A persecuted few are Wielders, able to exert a physical power that extends beyond their visible body: magically projecting their Spectre to caress, to pick a lock... even to kill. Feared for this ability, Wielders have always been Hunted.
Alissa Paine, heiress of a noble lineage, daughter of a Hunter family... is also a Wielder. As she approaches her 18th Season, Alissa knows she has escaped execution so far only through painful self-control, and the fragile efforts of her beloved father. Summoned to the harsh and glittering royal court for the debutante season, Alissa finds herself caught in a web of hidden intentions—and between two equally dangerous men. One is a brutal ruler with the handsome face of a fairytale prince, who would see her destroyed in an instant if the truth were known—and the other a beguiling foreign ambassador with secret agendas of his own. It’s Rose Season at the palace, but Alissa knows that survival will depend on being the most vicious of the thorns.
The Princess in the Piazza by Ben Hatke (Roaring Brook Press) - moved from September 2022, then from February and September 2024, release date not yet updated on Goodreads.
Roaring Brook has bought The Princess in the Piazza, a YA novel from Ben Hatke. The book follows Sebastian, an American teenager spending the summer in Italy, who falls in love with a Renaissance princess who has been dead for 500 years, and finds himself swept up in her ages-old conflict with a sinister wizard.
Split the Sky by Marie Arnold (Little, Brown) - previously titled Jump House.
Margaret Raymo at Little, Brown has bought Marie Arnold's Split the Sky. In this YA novel, 15-year-old Lala Russell's gift of foresight becomes a curse when she foresees the racially driven murder of her classmate and learns that his death would spark a national movement. Lala must make an impossible choice: save the boy, or save the revolution. Publication is planned for fall 2025; Allison Remcheck at Stimola Literary Studio negotiated the deal for world rights.
The Heights: Balancing Act by Paula Chase (Wednesday Books) - moved from 2022.
Sara Goodman at Wednesday Books has bought three books in the Charm City Heights series by Paula Chase. The YA contemporary books, a Gen Z Parent Trap story, follow twin sisters from different backgrounds who face the pressures of achieving at their radically ambitious high school while learning to live within their newly blended family. Publication of the first book is slated for winter 2022; Jennifer Carlson at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary handled the deal for North American rights.
Everything About You by Robby Weber (HarperCollins/Storytide)
September 10th
The Transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner (Delacorte)
September 16th
Cemetery Boys: Espíritu by Aiden Thomas (Feiwel and Friends) - moved from 2024.
Julian used to be a ghost and now he can’t stop seeing them.
Ever since being sacrificed as part of a forbidden ritual, Julian has been able to see and communicate with the spirits of passed brujx. And that would be okay, if it allowed him to be part of his new boyfriend's community. But Julian’s also seeing other shadows in the corner of his eyes, glowing eyes in the dark, and “dark spots” on people – gaping, black gashes that are somehow wrong. He did ask his new magical boyfriend about it, but Yadriel has never heard of anything like it either, and he’s so busy with his new Brujx responsibilities, trying to figure out where all the new malingos are coming from, that Julian hates for his problems to ruin what little time together they have.
Then, a strange new brujx shows up. Ángel, as a nonbinary brujx, can heal the living and release the dead, but more than that, they can also see the same dark spots as Julian. Despite Yadriel’s reservations, Julian eagerly accepts their help. But, Ángel’s ruthless methods feel wrong to Julian, who wants to move away from hurting others.
With the shadows growing darker, and the discovery of a gaping dark spot on his friend Luca, Julian has to decide who he wants to put his trust in, and just how far he’s willing to go to save what is his.
September 23rd
This Raging Sea by De Elizabeth (Holiday House) - moved from September 3rd.
Flip! by Ngozi Ukazu (First Second) - YA graphic novel, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
SENIOR YEAR BUCKET LIST? SWITCH BODIES WITH YOUR CRUSH.
Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, the most popular boy at school, who receives Chi-Chi’s private video proposal to go to senior prom.
But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi in front of their entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi—shy nerd and scholarship student—switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6’1” and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi’s life—that is, k-pop, hair- braiding, and being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school.
With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, Chi-Chi and Flip must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen. But will they survive senior year? And, most importantly, can they find a way back to themselves?
From bestselling author of Check, Please! comes Flip, a thrilling and fantastical tale about self-acceptance, black girlhood, and how walking a mile in someone else’s shoes can teach you how to finally see yourself.
A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal (FSG) - moved from 2023.
The follow up to the number one bestselling A Tempest of Tea. From TikTok sensation Hafsah Faizal comes the epic conclusion to the gritty fantasy duology about an orphan girl and her crew who get tangled in a heist with vampires, perfect for fans of Peaky Blinders and Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows.
I Killed the King by Andrea Hannah and Rebecca Mix (HarperCollins/Storytide)
Kristin Rens at HarperCollins has acquired world English rights, in a preempt, to locked-room YA fantasy I Killed the King and a sequel, by Andrea Hannah and Rebecca Mix, pitched as Glass Onion with magic. When the king is murdered on the eve of a historic, war-ending ball, six suspects — one of whom is the killer — will have 12 hours to uncover who killed the king and why the body count keeps rising before a strange winter storm buries the castle at dawn. Publication is tentatively slated for summer 2025; Victoria Marini at High Line Literary Collective represented Hannah, and Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret represented Mix.
Moonsick by Tom O'Donnell (Wednesday Books)
Sara Goodman at Wednesday Books has acquired a debut YA horror novel by Tom O'Donnell titled Moonsick and a second untitled YA horror. The story, pitched as The Purge but with werewolves, follows a privileged high school student who turns into a werewolf one night and has to reconcile her old, comfortable lifestyle with her new life after a night of mayhem on the eve of graduation. Publication is scheduled for fall 2025; Noah Ballard at Verve sold world English rights.
The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes (HarperCollins)
"...A companion novel to The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, exploring the ongoing mental health crisis through the eyes of Cesar."
The Others by Cheryl Isaacs (Heartdrum)
Through Our Teeth by Pamela N. Harris (Quill Tree Books)
Try Your Worst by Chatham Greenfield (Bloomsbury) - not yet added to Goodreads.
September 30th
Showstopper by Lily Anderson (Henry Holt)
This summer’s production is to die for.
The Ghostlight Youth Theater Camp isn’t the best program in the world, but to Faye, it’s home. Every summer since junior high, Faye and her friends have come together for a month-long musical intensive. For her last year before graduation, Faye’s finally ready to take center stage as her true Afro-Latina self and break out of her good-girl princess roles.
But as Faye steps into her spotlight, complications arise. Suddenly, she's competing with her BFF for lead roles, and distracted by the attentions of the new camp hottie.
Even when the drama turns deadly, Faye remains determined to make this the best production the Ghostlight has ever seen. It must be a coincidence that the stagehands keep disappearing and having gruesome accidents, right? But dark secrets are hiding behind the scenes, and opening night might turn out to be a bloodbath. Lights, curtains...murder!
A Fate Unwoven by Rachael A. Edwards (Peachtree Teen) - previously titled Threads of Fate.
The Emperor of Wyrecia is dying, and 17-year-old Lena has just gained the power to control fate itself, binding her to the young prince Dimas as the kingdom's next Fateweaver. Hunted by the empire's most ruthless soldiers, Lena escapes with a handsome smuggler toward enemy territory. But a former lover betrays Lena, and her magic becomes agony—compelling Lena to submit to a gilded cage. Still, an ancient spirit offers hope: to sever her bond to the throne, Lena must unroot a ritual hidden beneath the palace. As Prince Dimas struggles to forge friendship with Lena and bring his kingdom under peaceful rule, sinister cultists unveil a twisted plan to unleash an ancient evil that could tear the realm asunder. With every step Lena takes on her quest to freedom, she uncovers a troubling imperial past that tarnishes the nation’s matron goddess. Perhaps the oral histories passed down to Lena are not foolish heresy, after all.
Written with compelling mystery, sensual queer romance, and a dual point of view narrative, this dark fantasy roots its magic system in mythological lore. An engaging selection for young adult readers who don’t mind a little terror with their adventure!
Bitten by Jordan Gray (Little, Brown) - moved from July 2025, publisher confirms this date.
After a vicious werewolf attack on the night of her seventeenth birthday party, Vanessa Hart loses everything she loves in a split second. Her best friend, her father, and even her home.
Bitten and imprisoned without explanation, Vanessa endures an agonizing transformation into the very beast that maimed her, and her captors make it clear she cannot escape: she will either swear her life to the Wolf Queen’s Court, or she will die.
With no other choice, Vanessa joins their enchanted Castle Severi—where flowering vines grow through the walls, gifts are bestowed by the stars, and a claw can break through skin as easily as silk—but she hasn’t forgotten what they stole from her.
Vanessa still seeks vengeance, scheming in the shadows even as she finds herself mesmerized by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, who threatens to steal her heart though he is promised to her nemesis. And by his brooding, disgraced cousin, Calix, whose smoldering gaze hides even darker secrets. Immersed in the magic of their whimsical yet cruel society, Vanessa soon learns not all is as it seems.
The Court is at war, and she may simply be a pawn in its lethal game.
These Stolen Words by Tori Bovalino (Page Street YA)
Lauren Knowles at Page Street YA has bought These Stolen Words by Tori Bovalino, in which a ghost agrees to help the new girl in town get through high school and talk to her crush if she finds a way to escape the eldritch being who has been hunting him. Publication is scheduled for fall 2025; Amelia Appel and Uwe Stender at Triada US did the deal for world English rights.
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