Hardcover Highlights
Elizabeth Ese’s A Drop of Color follows Gabby, a Black girl navigating a predominantly white school and a Nigerian home. In her senior year, a racist incident forces her to speak out, revealing the weight of hiding her identity. The novel echoes themes from All American Boys and The Hate U Give .
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Comic Book Fans Cast 1,100 Ballots to Crown Top ArtistsSharon Choe’s The Queen of the Spirit Woods centers on Mirae, a kitchen staffer who fakes a royal position to send money home. After a failed assassination attempt on the king, she encounters a forest witch who transforms her into a vessel for spirits. Mirae must balance palace intrigue and supernatural danger while uncovering betrayal.
Astrid Scholte’s Fallen Beauty tells of Thorelea, a tower prisoner who paints dead animals. When one portrait revives, she discovers the royal couple’s immortality depends on a court painter’s magic.
Thorelea’s secret dealings with Prince Kelter threaten to unravel the palace’s fragile balance.
Paperback Releases
Anne Broyles’ Words Spoken True follows Jane Bushyhead, a Cherokee girl forced to leave her ancestral land during the Trail of Tears. She dreams of becoming a teacher and records her people’s stories amid hardship, drawing on her real-life heritage as a registered Cherokee Nation member.
Other hardcover series releases include Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ Dangerous Impulses , Cliodhna O’Sullivan’s Her Rising Flame , Cassandra Clare’s The Last King of Faerie , Tigest Girma’s Infernal Vow , K. A. Riley’s Recruitment , Kiera Azar’s Sharpest Court , and Radiya Hafiza’s The Silver Kingdom . Additional titles are Holly Black’s A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters (illustrated by Solenne Songer) and Amber Hamilton’s Twelve Dark Hours .
Chloe Gong’s Coldwire presents a world where epidemics and climate change force people into virtual „upcountry” and impoverished „downcountry” zones.
The story follows Eirale and Lia, who navigate military academies, political conspiracies, and a looming Cold War between Medaluo and Atahua.
Joelle Wellington’s Girls Who Play Dead is set in the secret‑laden town of Prophets Lake. Mikky returns after leaving to live with a conflicted mother, only to investigate her friend Erin’s murder and support her sister Kyla in uncovering the town’s hidden truths.