If you asked seventeen-year-old Cass Williams to describe herself, she’d happily tell you she’s fat, queer, and obsessed with the Tide Wars books. What she won’t tell you—or anyone in her life—is that she’s part of an online Tide Wars roleplay community. Sure, it’s nerdy as hell, but when she’s behind the screen writing scenes as Captain Aresha, she doesn’t have to think about her mother who…

I Miss You, I Hate This

I Miss You, I Hate This by Sara Saedi Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: October 11, 2022 Book Info Five Feet Apart meets Kate in Waiting in this timely story of two best friends navigating the complexities of friendship while their world is turned upside down by a global pandemic. The lives of high school seniors Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales couldn’t be more different.…

Love from Mecca to Medina

Title: Love From Mecca to Medina Author: S.K. Ali Publisher: Salaam Reads Publication Date: October 18th, 2022 Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Book Info Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart. Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the hijrah, a historic migration from Mecca to Medina and worried about where his next paycheck will come from. Zayneb is in Chicago,…

Love from Mecca to Medina

Title: Love From Mecca to Medina Author: S.K. Ali Publisher: Salaam Reads Publication Date: October 18th, 2022 Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Book Info Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart. Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the hijrah, a historic migration from Mecca to Medina and worried about where his next paycheck will come from. Zayneb is in Chicago,…

Title: Something Great Author/illustrator: Jeanette Bradley ISBN: 9781646141715 Publisher: Levine Querido Publication Date: September 20. 2022 Preorder:Bookshop, signed copies at Books on the Square Book Info Voila! Quinn spent the morning in their workshop, and they emerged with Something Great! But what is it?  No one seemed to understand that Something Great isn’t supposed to be…

Roaring Brook Press | On sale November 29, 2022 | ISBN: 9781250816559 | Hardcover | Ages 14-18 | 384 pages |$18.99 Book Info Small-town drama, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in this YA debut that explores how racial violence can ripple down through generations.  What’s more important? Knowing the truth or keeping the peace?  Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is…

Well, that was Unexpected

Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance Publishing Date: September 27, 2022 Book Info An outrageous, laugh-out-loud YA rom-com about a girl who’s whisked from LA to her mother’s native Indonesia to get back to her roots and finds herself fake-dating the son of one of the wealthiest families there, from the author of Dial A for Aunties. After…

Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman Genre: Young Adult Graphic Novel Publishing Date: September 20, 2022 Book Info Once upon a time . . . happily ever after turned out differently than expected. In this new, feminist, queer fairy-tale collection, you’ll find the princesses, mermaids, knights, barmaids, children, and wise old women who have been forced to sit on the…

As long as the lemon trees grow

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction Publishing Date: September 13, 2022 Book Info Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She had a normal teenager’s life. Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who…

Bad at Love by Gabriela Martins Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance Publishing Date: August 2, 2022 Book Info Ever since Daniel moved to L.A. from Brazil to join the band Mischief & Mayhem, he’s become the tabloids’ bad boy. Paparazzi follow him and girls swoon over him . . . except for Sasha, who hates bad boys. When a chance encounter brings them together, Sasha sees an opportunity to…

Alliana, Girl of Dragons

Alliana, Girl of Dragons by Julie AbeGenre: Middle Grade FantasyPublishing Date: August 2, 2022 Book Info Once upon a time, Alliana believed in dreams and fairy tales as sweet as spun-sugar clouds. Alliana wished on shooting stars, sure that someday she and her grandmother would be able to travel to the capital city to see the queen. Then her grandmother passed away—and those dreams disappeared…

Book – Etta InvincibleAuthor – Reese EschmannPublished Date – July 12th 2022 Book Info A girl with hearing loss and a boy adjusting to life in a new country connect through their love of comics and get entangled in their own fantastical adventure. Twelve-year-old Etta Johnson has Loud Days where she can hear just fine and Quiet Days where sounds come from far away and she gets to retreat into…

Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe

Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S ZrullGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublishing Date: July 19, 2022 Book Info Bounced between foster homes since the age of seven, Jessica knows better than to set down roots. Most of the kids at her new Michigan high school think she’s a witch anyway (because, you know, goth). The only one who gives her the time of day is geeky Oscar, who wants to…

We Made It All Up

We Made It All Up by Margot HarrisonGenre: Young Adult Mystery ThrillerPublishing Date: July 12, 2022 Book Info Celeste is the talk of the town when she moves to Montana from Montreal, but the only friend she makes is Vivvy, the heir to the town’s name and a social pariah. Inspired by a passion-fueled school incident, they begin writing a love-story fan fic between the popular guy and the…

Nura and the Immortal Palace

Nura and the Immortal Palace by M.T. KhanGenre: Middle Grade FantasyPublishing Date: July 5, 2022 Book Info Aru Shah and the End of Time meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in this mesmerizing portal fantasy that takes readers into the little-known world of Jinn. Nura longs for the simple pleasure of many things—to wear a beautiful red dupatta or to bite into a sweet gulab. But with her mom…

The Kaya Girl by Mamle WoloGenre: Middle Grade LiteraryPublishing Date: June 28, 2022 Synopsis This rags-to-riches story by an award-winning Ghanaian author has page-turning appeal with luminous literary resonance.  Writing with effortlessly engaging prose, Wolo showcases the interweaving layers of Ghanaian culture to create a prismatic, multifaceted world in which two young girls, against all…

Sometime in Summer by Katrina LenoGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublishing Date: June 28, 2022 Synopsis From critically acclaimed author Katrina Leno comes a tender love letter to books and summertime, with a touch of magic. Anna Lucia Bell believes in luck: bad luck. Bad luck made her best friend stop talking to her. Bad luck caused her parents’ divorce. Bad luck is forcing her mother,…