Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Jul 11, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Christina Wyman |Jonathan Roth |Bessie Flores Zaldívar |Frances Hardinge

Christina Wyman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-39190-4; $9.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-29326-8At almost 5’10”, seventh grader Stephanie “Stevie” Crumb feels like a “freakish giant” and is tired of people commenting on her height, getting bullied at school for her ill-fitting clothes, and attracting unwanted (and scary) attention from older men while she rides the Brooklyn subway with her bestie Arianna.

Jul 3, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Jonathan Roth |Frances Hardinge |Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Ransom Riggs. Dutton, $21.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-53093-1Riggs departs the Miss Peregrine universe to launch a fresh fantasy adventure grounded in contemporary Los Angeles.

Jul 3, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Jonathan Roth |Bessie Flores Zaldívar |Frances Hardinge

Moira Buffini. HarperCollins, $19.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-335821-8In the oppressive patriarchal theocracy of Brightland, which is at war, officials intend to exterminate unhumans, who have access to powerful telepathic abilities called songlight. Eighteen-year-old Elsa and her secret boyfriend Rye live in coastal moorland village Northaven, constantly fearing being outed as unhuman.

Jul 3, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Jonathan Roth |Bessie Flores Zaldívar |Frances Hardinge

Tigest Girma. Little, Brown, $19.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-316-58144-8Eighteen-year-old twins Kidan and June Adane, who are of Ethiopian heritage, have always known that there is danger lurking in the dark. Dranaics, or vampires, worldwide have been magically constrained to feed only from members of particular families. These families also hold immense influence over society and their vampiric counterparts. As descendants of these infamous bloodlines, the twins have been raised away from vampire society.

Jul 3, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Jonathan Roth |Bessie Flores Zaldívar |Frances Hardinge

Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by James E. Ransome.