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It’s Black History Month, and we’re celebrating as we do with books by Black authors (almost entirely) starring Black characters! For even more titles, check out past years’ posts. Picture Books Dancing with Water by Gwendolyn Wallace and Tonya Engel An intergenerational story about a nonbinary child who learns the tradition of well digging in this picture book about community, hope, and…

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (April 15th, 2025)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa

Love in 280 Characters or Less by Ravynn K. Stringfield

All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis

Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi

Nahia by Emily Jones

Pride or Die by CL Montblanc

Two Truths & a Lionel by Brian Wasson

On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly & Kwame Mbalia

Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi

Hey, Mary! by Andrew Wheeler & Rye Hickman (Illustrator)

New Sequels:

My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys #2) by Ali Novak

Chaos King (Infinity Alchemist #2) by Kacen Callender

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Today on the site I’m delighted to give a peek inside This is How We Roll ed. by Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology out today that features queer stories about tabletop games! Here’s the gist: The magic of tabletop RPGs lives in the creativity of the players. Given the chance to explore gender, relationships, and queer existence across vast worlds with completely different sets of rules, queer players…