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duology follows 17-year- old Valeria on her quest to free her town.
The Book of Living Secrets Madeleine Roux 17th March, hb, £12.99, 9780062941428 Atmospheric gothic stand- alone for fans of The Hazel Wood.
Squire
Nadia Shammas 17th March, pb, £8.99, 9780062945846 Fantasy graphic novel set in a Middle Eastern- inspired world follows 14-year-old Aiza, who trains to become a knight for a wartorn empire while hiding her true background.
The Truth Project Dante Medema 26th May, pb, £7.99, 9780062954411 Told in a series of poems, emails and text messages, this follows a teenage girl who discovers she is the product of an affair when she takes a DNA/ genealogy test as part of her senior project.
Message Not Found Dante Medema 28th April, hb, £12.99, 9780062954435 Teenage girl creates a chat-bot in the likeness of her best friend who died unexpectedly. But the bot starts hinting that there was more to her friend’s death than she realised.
Meet Cute Diary Emery Lee 26th May, pb, £7.99, 9780063038844 Transgender teenager must decide if he’s dedicated to romantic formulas or open to unpredictable love after an internet troll attack on his blog compels him and a fan to start fake-dating.
Cafe Con Lychee Emery Lee 9th June, hb, £12.99, 9780063210271 In this delectable rivals- to-lovers YA, the sons of two competing family cafes are forced to work together to save their businesses.
Quirk Books
This is Not the Real World Anna Carey 24th May, pb, £24/5/2022, 9781683692836 Jess escaped from the set of Stuck, the nostalgic reality show she believed was her real life, but she can’t outrun her fictional life forever.
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Harley Quinn: Reckoning Rachael Allen 26th April, hb, £14.99, 9780593429860 In this new launch of a trilogy within the DC Icons universe, experience the origin story of a super-villain.
Scholastic Fiction
You Can Trust Me Gina Blaxill 7th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702312106 Addictive cocktail of shift- ing alliances, shaky alibis and dark secrets. Tragedy hits a New Year’s party when Alana’s best friend is found drowned in a pool.
Tag, You’re Dead Kathryn Foxfield 7th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702312830 A live-streamed game of tag over one adrenaline- and-fear-fuelled night in London, watched by millions. Four contestants. One will stop at nothing to be the winner.
Such a Good Liar Sue Wallman
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Children’s
This is Not the Jess Show Anna Carey 8th February, pb, £8.99, 9781683692652 The year is 1998. Jess is resigned to her small- town life until the day she discovers a mysteri- ous device causing her to question everything and everyone she’s ever known.
Random House Books for Young Readers
5th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702313387 Seventeen-year-old Lydia Cornwallis is faking her way into the most exclusive social circles for revenge. But for how long can her brazen lies hold up?
Gay Club!
Simon James Green 5th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702313677 Riotously funny look at, and heartfelt celebration of, queer students everywhere organising to make a difference. From one of the leading writers of LGBTQ+ YA novels.
Rapunzella Ella McLeod 7th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702313868 From the urban jungle to the fairytale forest, Rapunzella weaves the magic of Black hair into a poetic coming-of-age story.
The Girl With No Soul Morgan Owen 3rd March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702314636 How can you find your soulmate when you have no soul? Iris is a soulless hollow and must find out what happened to her.
The Imagination Chamber
Philip Pullman 7th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780702315510 Perfect gift for fans of His Dark Materials. These new scenes are spine-tingling and bring so much character and nuance and richness to Lyra’s world.
Fight Back AM Dassu 2nd June, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780702315886 When a terrorist attack occurs near her home and racial tension increases, Aaliyah decides to wear a hijab to challenge people’s preconceptions of her faith and channel bravery and resourcefulness.
The Honeys Ryan La Sala 5th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780702316098 When Mars Matthias loses his sister it propels him to learn all he can about the once-inseparable sibling who’d grown tragically distant. An original queer YA horror.
The Witchery Sophie Isabelle 7th July, pb, £7.99, 9780702317170 The Haunting Season is here and the wolves are awake. Will you be a
deathwitch, a greenwitch or will you follow the winding path towards ambition and power?
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
She Gets the Girl Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick 14th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781398502635 Romantic comedy from bestselling co-author of Five Feet Apart, Lippin- cott, and début writer Derrick.
The Butterfly Assassin Finn Longman 26th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781398507340 Addictive new blockbuster series for fans of global phenomena The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kill- ing Eve and The Hunger Games.
Vespertine Margaret Rogerson 17th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398507951 Thrilling fantasy about a girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits.
Rock, Paper, Killers Alexia Mason 17th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781398508781 Tough thriller that fans of Karen M McManus and Holly Jackson will be dying to read.
The King is Dead Benjamin Dean 7th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398512542 Dean’s YA début—a Black LGBTQ+ royal romp full of heart-swooning romance, scandalous secrets and one hell of a mystery.
Bloodmarked Tracy Deonn 26th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398516779 Volume 2 in the award- winning Legendborn series. For fans of Cassan- dra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas and Cinder- ella is Dead!
When Our Worlds Collided Danielle Jawando 31st March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471178795 Robust coming-of-age narrative about chance encounters, injustice and how the choices we make can change our future.
The Words We Keep Erin Stewart 3rd March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471184512 Shines a light on mental
Power On!
Charis JB (illus), Jean Jinsun Ryoo, Jane Margolis 19th April, pb, £15.99, 9780262543255 Diverse group of teenage friends learn how comput- ing can be personally and politically empowering.
Titan Books
Unstoppable: Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak Charlie Jane Anders
Three Girls Katie Clapham 2nd June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781912979806 Minnie, Lena and Alice are not friends but Alice has a secret that is about to bound into their lives and change them forever.
Toxic Natasha Devon
health stigma, perfection- ism and self-expression.
Truth or Dare Sophie McKenzie 31st March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471199134 Maya is drawn into a dangerous game when she discovers a secret that could threaten the envi- ronment and her family.
Simon & Schuster Audio
When Our Worlds Collided Danielle Jawando 31st March, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398500082 See listing above.
She Gets the Girl Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick 14th April, audiofile, £9.99,
9781398502659
The Butterfly Assassin Finn Longman 26th May, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398507364 See listing above.
The King is Dead Benjamin Dean 7th July, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398512566 See listing above.
Bloodmarked Tracy Deonn 26th July, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398516786 See listing above.
Truth or Dare Sophie McKenzie 31st March, audiofile, £9.99, 9781471199295 See listing above.
The MIT Press
5th April, pb, £8.99, 9781789095449 The thrilling intergalactic adventures of the Unstop- pable series continue in the sequel to Victories Greater Than Death.
The Drowning Summer Christine Lynn Herman 12th April, pb, £8.99, 9781789098594 YA fantasy about two Long Island teenagers and fledgling mediums inves- tigating a murder that rocked their small town six years earlier.
Together We Burn Isabel Ibanez 5th July, pb, £8.99, 9781803360362 “Gladiator” meets Harry Potter. A young woman must protect her ancestral home—even if that means taking her father’s place as a fighter of dragons in the arena.
TN Fiction
Summer We Forgot Caroline George 14th April, hb, £12.99, 9780785236214 George once again transports readers with her lush prose, leading them to ask the question: what happens when we can’t even trust ourselves?
We Were Kings Court Stevens 31st March, hb, £12.99, 9780785238485 A 20-year-old-crime, an accelerated death penalty, and an elitist family cover- up. Nyla races against the death row clock to save a woman who has divided the world.
UCLan Publishing
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