Curtis Campbell

Nov 1, 2023 | quillandquire.com | Curtis Campbell

Curtis Campbell’s debut, Dragging Mason County, is a witty and charming young adult novel that encourages learning to be kinder to oneself and others. Peter Thompkin is part of a small group of queer kids who are out at his high school, and he is racked with insecurity and self-loathing. Each chapter is named with a turn of phrase Peter uses to describe himself: “an effeminate gopher,” “a destitute vole in a tacky pair of cargo shorts,” “waterlogged pool goblin,” and many more.

Aug 24, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Elana K. Arnold |Curtis Campbell |Alexandra Christo

In this searing historical novel set in 1939–1945 Romanian Czernowitz, Arnold (Red Hood) presents a deeply personal telling based on her grandmother’s experience living through the Holocaust. After her philandering father abandons the family, Jewish 13-year-old Frederieke Teitler, her mercurial older sister Astra, and their depressed and physically weak mother must rely on Reike’s fiercely kind maternal grandfather Opa, who is a jeweler, to survive. Opa has always acted as her stalwart guardian.

Aug 24, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Curtis Campbell |Alexandra Christo |Donna Barba Higuera

Melissa Seron Richardson, illus. by Monica Arnaldo. Little, Brown, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-31643-629-8In this sweetly comic portrait of a Three Kings Day celebration, a child finally old enough to have her own slice of La Rosca de Reyes is worried about swallowing the Baby Jesus figurine inside. Seron Richardson describes the tradition: “The Three Kings had searched mountains and deserts to find the baby Jesus. So every year on Three Kings Day, families all over the world looked for him, too...

Aug 17, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Curtis Campbell |Alexandra Christo |Donna Barba Higuera

Christina Wyman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-38969-7; $9.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-33102-1Smile meets Wonder in Wyman’s affirming debut, a South Brooklyn–set novel that probes the intersection between bullying and orthodontia through the eyes of Maximillia “Max” Audrina Plink, a 12-year-old of Italian descent.

May 25, 2023 | annickpress.com | Curtis Campbell

Interest Age: 14–18 Grade: 9–12 Reading Age: 14–18 Pre-Order Now Hardcover $24.99 ISBN 9781773217871 Expected to ship: 2023-10-03 Buy From These Retailers: Buy From These Retailers: "A timely tale of friendship, self-acceptance, and the importance of proper contouring."—Kevin Christopher Snipes, author of Milo and Marcos at the End of the World A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag—perfect for fans of...