FICTION 12-16
The Fox Maidens Robin Ha 7th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781839134876 Thrilling sapphic fantasy in graphic novel form with striking art inspired by the fox maiden legend of Korean folklore.
Balzer and Bray
Nigeria Jones Ibi Zoboi 18th July, pb, £8.99, 9780062888853 Writer of American Street and co-author of Punching the Air has produced a bold YA coming-of-age story, which explores race, femi- nism and complicated family dynamics.
Runestone Saga: Children of Ragnarok Cinda Williams Chima 1st February, pb, £8.99, 9780063018693 Sweeping adventure, breathtaking twists of fate and immersive worlds based in Norse mythology woven into this first volume of the saga. By the author of the Shattered Realms series.
My Fair Brady Brian D Kennedy 29th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780063085718 Modern-day and proudly gay romcom reimagining of “My Fair Lady” about teenage boys who fall in love.
Barrington Stoke
Echostar is Always Listening . . . Melinda Salisbury 14th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781800902701 When Ruby downloads an app to help her at school a dark presence begins to take over her life. Gripping thriller exposing the dark underbelly of new technologies.
Too Nice
Sally Nicholls 9th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781800903265 Isla is not happy when her dad’s new girlfriend moves in. But Jen isn’t a wicked stepmother. The problem is she’s just too nice. Relatable exploration of family upheaval.
Bloom Books SERIES
Gilded City Leia Stone pb, £8.99, 97814642232 Books two and three in the romantic fantasy trilogy.
House of War and Bone 2nd April, vol 2 73
House of Light and Ether 4th June, vol 3 80
Our Fault Mercedes Ron 1st February, pb, £8.99, 9781728291437 Angsty, enemies-to-lovers romance in which Noah falls for the boy who’s leading a hidden double life under his family’s nose.
The Big Ask Simon James Green 6th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781800902428 Alfie Brown has bagged the hottest date for the prom. Hasn’t he? Life- affirming LGBTQ+ romcom.
The Leaver Keith Gray 4th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781800903203 Denny plans to relive the good times and rewrite the bad before leaving town for ever. Insightful, big-hearted story of friendship.
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Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Not for the Faint of Heart Lex Croucher 9th May, pb, £8.99, 9781526651846 From the author of Gwen and Art Are Not in Love comes this rip-roaring sapphic yearnfest of a romantic, historical, fantasy adventure.
Bloomsbury YA
Sleep Like Death Kalynn Bayron 25th June, pb, £8.99, 9781526641090 Bayron returns to fairy
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tales with an electrifying YA Snow White retelling. For fans of Cinderella is Dead.
Where the Heart Should Be Sarah Crossan 14th March, hb, £14.99, 9781526666598 Outstanding work from multi-award-winning, former Laureate na nÓg explores love and family during the Great Hunger.
The Love Interest Helen Comerford 6th June, pb, £8.99, 9781526667588 Swoony, speculative and electric YA début with a satirical take on the conventions of the superhero-verse.
Taylor Blake is a Legend Laura Jane Williams 4th July, pb, £7.99, 9781526668059 Hilarious, heartfelt début teen series all about the complicated, cringey, courageous life of Taylor Blake, teen heroine.
Not Like Other Girls Meredith Adamo 30th April, pb, £8.99, 9781526669865 Breathtaking, contemporary YA thriller. Serious questions and hot romance in an irresistibly convoluted mystery.
Book Guild Publishing
Tarot: Crossing Worlds Rachel Clarke 28th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916668607 On a medieval world, where beings unravel their destiny through tarot, a sorceress commits a shocking act by abduct- ing the queen’s children and spiriting them away through enchanted portals.
Camp Terra JW Copp 28th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781916668645 Jake and friends are due to spend their first summer at Camp Terra—a haven for teenagers that encourages them to surrender technology’s grip.
Lake Avalon’s Champions: Lils Howells Vs the Dragon of Snowdon Kote Holmes 28th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916668683 When a little boy introduces himself as Merlin and tells Lils they’re the reincarnation of King Arthur, life is
destined to change forever.
Chicken House
All the Hidden Monsters Amie Jordan 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915026118 Book 1 in a razor-sharp YA crime romantasy series for fans of Cassandra Clare.
A Cure Ever After Angharad Walker 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915026293 Great urban fantasy set five years after the events of Once Upon a Fever, which was Waterstones- shortlisted and critically acclaimed.
Annie Leblanc is Not Dead Yet Molly Morris 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915026774 Every 10 years the town chooses one person to come back from the dead. When Annie comes back she doesn’t quite get the reaction she expected.
Soulmates and Other Ways to Die Melissa Welliver 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915947130 Good news: we all have a soulmate. Bad news: if you die, they die too. Surefire BookTok hit for readers of They Both Die at the End.
The Kill Factor Ben Oliver 11th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915947246
Squid Game meets Black Mirror. Emerson is facing a prison sentence until she is offered a way out: a deadly new gameshow where the stakes are truly life or death.
Chiselbury
When Henry VIII Came to Dinner Paul Wreyford 1st February, hb, eb, £18, 9781916556201 Henry VIII, Napoleon, Cleopatra and other famous names from history pop up in modern-day Britain as dinner guests of a teenager. Fun novel interweaves fantasy with historical fact.
Clarion Books
Dragonfruit Makiia Lucier 9th May, hb, £14.99, 9780358272106 Dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology.
Shadow of the Wolf T K Hall 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788453233 Robin Hood has been blinded. Sherwood forest calls and ancient myths and old magicks will transform him.
DC Comics
Bad Dream Nicole Maines, Rye Hickman 2nd April, pb, £14.99, 9781779510457 Never-before-told origin story of Dreamer, the first trans superhero to appear on TV.
Delacorte Press The Dare
The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson 2nd April, hb, £14.99, 9780008582197 Sensational YA thriller centres on a girl missing presumed dead for 16 years.
The Scarlet Veil Shelby Mahurin 20th June, pb, £8.99, 9780008582494 Murky vampire romance set in the world of the bestselling series Serpent & Dove. Célie must vanquish a new evil or fall prey to the darkness.
All This Twisted Glory Tahereh Mafi 15th February, hb, £14.99, 9780755500130 Author of Shatter Me makes a showing with her highly anticipated third novel in the Persian- inspired This Woven Kingdom series. Layered with exquisite tension, fantasy and heart- stopping romance.
Clock Tower Publishing
Natasha Preston 7th May, pb, £10.99, 9780593704066 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author back with another pulse- pounding read.
Electric Monkey
Game Over: Memory Wars M J Sullivan 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781802630602 If your mind is online can your thoughts and memories really be safe?
Cranthorpe Millner
The Beast Trials: Meadow’s Beginning G T Jones 30th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781803782034 After discovering that she is part beast Meadow has no choice but to partici- pate in a series of gruel- ling challenges to prove her worth.
David Fickling Books
Lies We Sing to the Sea Sarah Underwood 29th February, pb, £8.99, 9780008518080 Each spring, Ithaca’s curse calls for 12 sacrifices. To break the curse, there’s just one called for: kill the last prince. Fantasy epic of love, fate, grief and sacrifice.
Murder on a School Night 2 Kate Weston 4th July, pb, £8.99, 9780008540999 Sex Education meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in darkly funny YA murder mystery. The Tampon Two, Kerry and Annie, are back. But influencers are dropping like flies.
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