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Team Up on New Imprint Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin, will join forces with Penguin Young Readers to launch Berkley XO, a new imprint for fiction with crossover appeal for both adult and YA readers. more ![]() First Person
Carolyn Mackler is the author of many novels for young people, including the Printz Honor book The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Here she reflects on her new middle grade novel, Right Back at You, which is partially inspired by her own experience being bullied in seventh grade. She has launched the Right Back at You Project, a pen-pal program that connects children from diverse geographic regions and encourages them to seek commonality despite differences. more ![]()
Audio News
'Hansel and Gretel' Audiobook Stephen King will voice a new rendition of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, a forthcoming picture book written by King, with artwork by late renowned illustrator Maurice Sendak. more ![]() Out Next Week
Week of July 14 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book ode to Día de los Muertos, a graphic novel about an insecure witch learning to fly, a YA fantasy about fatal phoenix races, and more. more ![]() In Brief
Recently a New York public servant dropped by a book event, an author made an appearance on Good Morning America, and a conference welcomed an author for a presentation. more ![]()
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Kate Finney, illus. by Esmé Shapiro. Enchanted Lion, $19.99 (56p) ISBN 978-1-5927-0434-7 Known by most creatures as “that delicious shrub on the hill,” Belladonna—a sylph-like plant with dark berries, graceful flowers, and thoughtful eyes—worries about her legacy. If animals keep eating her, how will she ever propagate? Counseled by other flora and fauna, Belladonna realizes that the way to protect the future of her species is to slowly evolve into a poisonous plant. more ![]() ![]() Tracy Badua. Storytide, $18.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-334705-2 Twelve-year-old Barnaby Vargas is resigned to spending the summer helping pack up his grandfather’s beachfront home and the project becomes a certified nightmare when he realizes that his family’s nearby summer rental is haunted by perpetually 11-year-old Maxwell Warner, who died in 1984 and has been stuck in the residence ever since. The pair strike a tentative truce: if Barnaby helps Maxwell complete his unfinished business, Maxwell will stop tormenting Barnaby. But the longer it takes to discover what Maxwell’s unfinished business is, the more likely it becomes that Barnaby will be haunted forever. more ![]() ![]() Idris Goodwin. Atheneum, $19.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-6659-7312-0 In danger of falling behind, rising high school senior Pernell, who has ADHD, must attend summer school under the tutelage of bullying English teacher Ms. Harding. While decompressing in the school cafeteria during breaks between classes, Pernell participates in impromptu rap battles known as cyphers. Then cyphers are shut down by school administrators for becoming “disruptive,” and Pernell is suspended for apparent insubordination, further jeopardizing his fate. more ![]() ![]() ![]() Trung Le Nguyen. Random House Graphic, $24.99 hardcover (224p) ISBN 978-1-9848-9267-6; $17.99 paper ISBN 978-1-9848-9266-9 Burnout overacheiver Angelica takes solace in anonymously messaging the social media account of a local theater mascot, Per the Bear, who dresses like a prince. Happily, landing an internship at the same theater company puts Angelica in the mysterious bear prince’s path. But as she navigates her new internship responsibilities, the demands of her restaurateur parents, and the beginnings of a crush, grief over her late grandmother and a former friend she lost contact with years ago begin to emerge. more ![]() ![]() ![]() Ngozi Ukazu. First Second, $25.99 hardcover (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-17951-7; $18.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-17952-4 Texas private school scholarship student Chi-Chi yearns to be noticed by her popular—and unattainable—classmate Flip. After being knocked unconscious in a rainy-day fall, Chi-Chi wakes up the next morning to learn that she and Flip have somehow traded bodies. Though the first switch is short-lived, the two seniors keep inexplicably swapping places. And as they attempt to determine how to change back permanently, each subsequent flip lasts longer than the prior one. more ![]() |
July 10, 2025
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