K Ancrum

Dec 14, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | K Ancrum |Rex Ogle |Vera Brosgol |Jas Hammonds

K. Ancrum. HarperTeen, $19.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06328-578-1Seventeen-year-old Icarus Gallagher is his own kind of art thief; he only steals pieces from the collection of the wealthy Mr. Black, all under his father’s instruction as part of a decades-long revenge scheme. He’s never been noticed, but that all changes when Icarus enters the supposedly empty mansion for another heist, only to discover Mr. Black’s son is there under house arrest.

Oct 19, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Sajni Patel |Chris Raschka |Grant Snider |K Ancrum

Sajni Patel. Disney-Hyperion/Riordan, $18.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-368-09268-5Patel (Isha, Unscripted) unflinchingly addresses themes of sexual assault and rape culture, trauma, and consent in this bold fusion of the Medusa myth and Indian folklore. Sixteen-year-old Manisha survived the King’s attempted destruction of her people, the naga, five years ago by posing as a temple priestess.