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fractured fairy tale series, filled with dark magic, witch hunters and curses.
Hot Key Books
The Stolen Heir Holly Black 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471411366 A runaway queen and a reluctant prince on a quest that may destroy them both.
holding the baby he found abandoned outside a hospital. It sets off a chain of events of betrayal, obsession and murder.
Heartdrum
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet Jen Ferguson 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063086173 Complex and emotionally resonant story about rage, secrets and all the spectrums that make up a person.
Hodder Children’s Books
In the Shallows Tanya Byrne 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781444956009 Hypnotic sapphic mystery drenched in longing about lost love and second chances from the author of Afterlove.
The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist Sophie Gonzales 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781444964653 What happens when the fictional perfect guy comes to life and is convinced you are his soulmate?
A Sea of Wolves Sarah Street 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781444967821 Enemies-to-lovers sapphic romantasy inspired by “Little Red Riding Hood”. From the author of A Curse of Salt, a nailbiting romance.
The Girl in Question Tess Sharpe 29th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781444968859 Unmissable follow-up to The Girls I’ve Been. Four teenagers, three henchmen and one very bad man.
Leslie Vedder The Bone Spindle: The Cursed Rose 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781444972887 Finale of the action- packed, gender-swapped,
King of Nothing Nathanael Lessore 11th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471413247 Laugh-out-loud comedy with heart from breakout star Lessore.
Robin Hood 8: Ballots, Blasts & Betrayal Robert Muchamore 14th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471413438 Teenage rebel and social-media star Robin Hood continues his epic struggle against the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham and brutal crime boss Guy Gisborne.
Desi Girl Speaking Anika Hussain 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471413490 Powerful and compassion- ate novel about mental health and hope for read- ers of Yasmin Rahman, Muhammad Khan and Danielle Jawando.
Work It, Lara Bloom Dee Benson, Amanda Quartey 15th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471413636 Lara Bloom is back with more teenage catastro- phes. If Lara is going to achieve her dreams, she is going to have to work it.
Slowcoach Bethany Rutter 6th June, pb, £8.99, 9781471414060 Get your skates on for the sweetest feelgood, body- positive romcom of the summer.
Highly anticipated conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology.
The Reluctant Vampire Queen Finds Her Fangs Jo Simmons 11th July, pb, £7.99, 9781471411847 Mo Merrydrew, reluctant vampire queen, had always dreamed of being a leader but never thought she would be chosen to be the Vampire Queen of Great Britain.
Idea & Design Works
Taka Ryan Jampole 19th March, pb, £15.99, 9781684059768 Join Taka, the Notorious Delinquent, as she struggles to right the wrongs she committed by unwittingly releasing a horde of evil robots.
Ink Road
Overthinking David Fenne 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785304743 Since his adventure in Grunsby-on-Sea, Steven Percival has been thriving. He can’t wait to start uni in London with his best friend but Grunsby won’t let him go.
Within the Heart of Wicked Creatures Rima Orie 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785304958 Priya Chkadhari is a child born during the blood moon and therefore cursed with the ability to manipulate other people’s souls.
I Will Never Leave You Kara Kennedy 23rd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785305054 In this chilling sapphic ghost story, Maya is haunted by her ex-girl- friend Alana who sets her an impossible ultimatum: help Alana possess another girl or get framed for her murder.
Those We Drown Amy Goldsmith 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785305917 An ocean-drenched, atmospheric horror debut.
Inkyard Press
The Prisoner’s Throne Holly Black 5th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781471411403
Salt and Sugar Rebecca Carvalho 1st February, pb, £8.99, 9781335005977 The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite the family
feud in delicious début romcom perfect that will move readers of Nicola Yoon and Gloria Chao.
Daniel, Deconstructed James Ramos 6th February, hb, £14.99, 9781335010025 Nerdy high schooler learns to embrace his main- character energy in witty and heart-healing ode to movie tropes, meet-cutes and LGBTQ+ love.
Bad Like Us Gabriella Lepore 5th March,hb, £14.99, 9781335453877 Two groups of friends collide when someone turns up dead over spring break. For fans of One of Us Is Lying and We Were Liars.
Unseelie Ivelisse Housman 1st February, pb, £8.99, 9781335458087 “Seelie” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde. But as an autistic changeling left in the human world by the fae as an infant she has always known she is different.
Katherine Tegen Books
A Long Stretch of Bad Days Mindy McGinnis 25th April, pb, £8.99, 9780063230385 A lifetime of hard work has put Lydia on track to attend a prestigious journalism programme and leave Henley behind— until a school error stops her graduating.
Under This Red Rock Mindy McGinnis 23rd May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780063230415 Mesmerising YA psychological mystery following a teenage girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio.
Leapfrog Press
My Sister Lives in the Sea Faith Shearin 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781948585651 Through the eyes of her protagonist Hazel Hawthorne, Shearin shows us how one family can endure danger, illness, separation and grief using folklore as both escape and salvation.
Little Island Books
Thick As Thieves
Something to Be Proud of Anna Zoe Quirke 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788956901 Chaotic bisexual Imogen convinces openly gay Ollie to help her organise a Pride festival. Along the way they find friendship, acceptance and maybe even romance.
Proud
Juno Dawson, Various 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788957021 Fifth-anniversary edition of a moving, funny, important anthology of YA stories, poems and illustrations on the theme of Pride.
Macmillan Children’s Books
A Tempest of Tea Hafsah Faizal 22nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529097085 From New York Times bestselling author comes a heart-pounding fantasy about a collector of secrets who gets embroiled in a high- stakes heist and an underworld of vampires.
Children of Anguish and Anarchy Tomi Adeyemi 25th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781035039074 Third breathtaking title in Adeyemi’s groundbreaking West African-inspired fantasy series.
Homebody Theo Parish 25th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781035017621 Unmissable YA graphic novel by nonbinary creator explores what it means to live life on your own terms.
The Djinn’s Apple Djamila Morani, Sawad Hussain (tr) 29th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911107859 Historical fiction
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Looking for Lucie Amanda Addison 18th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911107682 Contemporary YA explores identity, self- discovery and newfound friendship as an 18-year- old girl sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history in Norwich.
James Butler 2nd May, pb, £8.99, 9781915071507 Pacy urban thriller. When Joey’s criminal stepfather returns to town, Joey finds himself pulled back into a life of blackmail and kidnapping.
Little Tiger
Twelfth Knight Alexene Farol Follmuth 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781035014224 YA romcom based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” from the author of The Atlas Six.
An Unlikely Proposition Rosalyn Eves 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781035039753 A new Regency romance that is perfect for fans of Bridgerton.
Marylebone House
Antigone Kingsley: Don’t Judge Me Marina Magdalena 19th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781910674727 Second book in the Antigone Kingsley series. Great companion for girls 9+ going through the highs and lows of growing up.
Neem Tree Press
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