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Wendi Aarons

Ginger Mancino, Kid Comedian

BookBar Press

At 12 years old, professional comedian Ginger Mancino has drawn laughs on stages across the country and even performed on the most popular late night comedy show. But when she’s forced to retire from comedy and live a regular life for the first time, she discovers her toughest audience yet: middle school.

Alison Ames

It Looks Like Us

Page Street Kids

In this fast-paced thriller about a high school research trip in Antarctica, Riley discovers her group has been infiltrated by something that can change its shape–and could easily replace any of them.

Rebecca Balcárcel

Shine On, Luz Véliz

Chronicle Books

This is the second novel by Pura Belpré Honor winner Rebecca Balcárcel! Unforgettable characters, family drama, and dauntless determination illuminate Luz’s journey as she summons her inner strength and learns to accept others and embrace the enduring connection of family. Through it all, Luz’s light is a constant—a guide for others, a path forward through the dark, and an ineffable celebration of her own eternal self.

Jon Bassoff

Beneath Cruel Waters

Blackstone Publishing

Holt Davidson returns home to Colorado for his mother’s funeral. He finds a gun, a love letter, and a photo of a dead man in his mother’s belongings. Who is this man, and what is his mother’s connection to these things?

Melissa Bond

Blood Orange Night

Gallery Books

Brain on Fire meets High Achiever in this propulsive memoir about a woman’s accidental descent into prescription benzodiazepine dependence & the life-threatening impacts of the drugs’ long-term use.

Andrew J. Brandt

PICTURE UNAVAILABLE

Blue Handle Publishing

“Picture Unavailable is a supernatural thriller sure to give you goosebumps. If you like Stranger Things, you’ll love Andrew J Brant’s latest!”— Katherine St. John, author of Vicious Circle

Valerie Burns

Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder

Kensington

In a new culinary cozy series with a fresh edge and a charming small-town setting, acclaimed author Valerie Burns introduces Maddy Montgomery, social media expert who’s #StartingOver in small town Michigan after inheriting her great-aunt’s bakery…and a 200-pound English Mastiff named Baby.

Ada Calhoun

Also a Poet

Grove Press

A staggering memoir from New York Times bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poet

Cathy Camper

Lowriders to the Rescue

Chronicle Books

The next book in the acclaimed Lowriders series combines comics, Spanish, science, superheroes, and first loves for an out-of-this-world graphic novel experience.

Terry Catasús Jennings

THE LITTLE HOUSE OF HOPE/LA CASITA DE ESPERANZA

Neal Porter Books

Accompanied by the rich and vivid illustrations of artist Raúl Colón, Terry Catasús Jennings tells an inspiring, semi-autobiographical story of how immigrants can help each other find their footing in a new country. The book will be published simultaneously in Spanish as La casita de esperanza.

Alda P. Dobbs

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER

Sourcebooks Young Readers

From the author of highly-acclaimed Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna comes a compelling new novel about a twelve-year-old girl who builds a new life in America

M. Dressler

OUR EYES AT NIGHT

Arcade

In a climate-ravaged town in the remote Utah desert, a house remodels itself, a cemetery is rearranged, and an ancient valley is suddenly haunted by a glimmering visitor. Called in to “clean” the unwanted dead, ghost hunter Philip Pratt finds himself in territory at once familiar and unfamiliar, stalking the spirit of Emma Rose Finnis, a one-hundred-year-old phantom who has never let his own spirit rest.

Lindsay Eager

THE PATRON THIEF OF BREAD

Candlewick Press

A beautifully crafted middle-grade novel spiced with magic—and gargoyles!—from Lindsay Eagar, the acclaimed author of Hour of the Bees and Race to the Bottom of the Sea.

Kimberly Garza

THE LAST KARANKAWAS

Henry Holt and Co.

For fans of Yaa Gyasi and Cristina Henríquez—a kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut novel about a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino American families on the Texas coast.

W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O’Neal Gear

LIGHTNING SHELL: A PEOPLE OF CAHOKIA NOVEL

Forge Books

Lightning Shell marks the dramatic conclusion to the People of Cahokia sub-series by bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear. The final showdown will shake Cahokia to its roots, and nothing will be the same again.

Mark Haber

SAINT SEBASTIAN’S ABYSS

Coffee House Press

A poignant satire of two art critics who made careers from their fixation on a strange painting by an overlooked Renaissance master, capturing the absurdity of academia, the intensity of true friendship, and the annihilating potential of obsession.

Carter Higgins & Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)

BIG AND SMALL AND IN-BETWEEN

Chronicle Books

This lovely, lyrical book collects the world by size. Divided into three chapters with three specially paper-engineered separations, every page encapsulates one precious moment that perfectly represents both a size and an experience. Beloved author Carter Higgins’s poignant, poetic text and Daniel Miyares’s incandescent illustrations capture a whole new way of seeing the world in this beautiful, giftable meditation on what it means to be a kid—and what it means to be a human.

Zain Khalid

BROTHER ALIVE

Grove Press

An astonishing debut novel about family, sexuality, and capitalist systems of control, following three adopted brothers who live above a mosque in Staten Island with their imam father

Naz Kutub

THE LOOPHOLE

Bloomsbury YA

A gay Indian-Muslim teen travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes.

Leslie Liautaud

BLACK BEAR LAKE

Blue Handle Publishing

In order to confront issues in his current marriage, Adam Craig revisits past trauma from an explosive and psychological summer family reunion out at Black Bear Lake.

Whyt Manga

APPLE BLACK

Rockport Publishers

Young sorcerer Sano is raised in isolation to be the world’s savior. Blessed with the Arodihs arm, Sano must set out to fulfill his destiny and fight the evil that threatens the world—and him.

David Maraniss

PATH LIT BY LIGHTNING

Simon & Schuster

Path Lit by Lightning is a great American story from a master biographer.

Nora McInerny

BAD VIBES ONLY

Atria/One Signal Publishers

In Bad Vibes Only, Nora McInerny, host of the beloved podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, turns her eye on our oppressively optimistic culture, our obsession with self-improvement, and what it really means to live our lives online.

Olivia Meikle

THE BOOK OF SISTERS

Neon Squid

Meet incredible women in The Book of Sisters: Biographies of Incredible Siblings Through History! The authors have scoured history for jaw-dropping stories of amazing siblings, like Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams. Readers will go on a whirlwind tour and discover that stories about sisters aren’t anything new.

Christoper Moore

RAZZMATAZZ

William Morrow

Repeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Francisco in this outrageous follow-up to his madcap novel Noir.

Rudy Ruiz

VALLEY OF SHADOWS

Blackstone Publishing

A visionary neo-Western blend of magical realism, mystery, and horror, Valley of Shadows sheds light on the dark past of injustice, isolation, and suffering along the US-Mexico border.

Michael Sampson

ARMADILLO ANTICS

Brown Books Kids

New York Times bestselling authors Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson take young readers on the nightly journey of an armadillo in Armadillo Antics. Did you know that armadillos can run up to 10 miles an hour? Or that they can jump up to 10 feet in the air? With rhythm, rhyme and imaginative collage-style illustrations, readers learn fun facts about one of the world’s funniest-looking creatures.

Jessica Speer

MIDDLE SCHOOL: SAFETY GOGGLES ADVISED

Familius

There are cool things about middle school, like more independence, new friends, and new activities. But there’s baffling stuff too, like harsh judgment, the whole “popularity” thing, and, of course, drama. With insights from hundreds of students, this guidebook explores the halls of middle school.

Ryan Steck

Fields of Fire

Tyndale House Publishers

The Real Book Spy will release a debut thriller August 2022. Ryan Steck’s Fields of Fire follows a former Marine as he hunts down a killer. Perfect for fans of C. J. Box. Nominate for IndieNext!

Carter Wilson

THE NEW NEIGHBOR

Poisoned Pen Press

Aidan Marlowe just won the lottery. Is today the best day of his life… or the worst?

Jennifer Ziegler

WORSER

Margaret Ferguson Books

A socially awkward introvert with an unfortunate nickname—and a love for words—must find the courage to turn the page on his own story. William Orser or “Worser,” finds himself involved in literary club, where he learns his epic word notebook might be the key to new friends and a new moniker—Worder.