Maisha Oso

May 16, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Randy Ribay |Cherry Mo |Karol Hernandez |Maisha Oso

Everything We Never HadRibay (Patron Saints of Nothing) examines masculinity and familial trauma via four generations of Filipino teens’ alternating perspectives in this emotionally resonant tale. In 2020 Philadelphia, Enzo Maghabol’s anxiety makes him feel like his head is full of “murder hornets.” Their buzzing gets worse when he learns his estranged grandfather will be moving in with his family during the pandemic.

May 16, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Maureen Johnson |Karol Hernandez |Cherry Mo |Maisha Oso

Johnson (Nine Liars) departs from her Truly Devious universe with a standalone dual-timeline mystery helmed by a quirky and endearing teen. In New York’s Thousand Islands archipelago, Morning House—the once “idyllic,” now infamous site of two adolescents’ tragic deaths in 1932—is open for public tours coordinated by a local historian. Gay teen Marlowe Wexler signs on as a guide to escape her own notorious past: she accidentally burned down a cottage during her first date.

May 16, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Laura Taylor Namey |Cherry Mo |Karol Hernandez |Maisha Oso

Seventeen-year-old Clary Delgado works in La Rosa Blanca, her family’s L.A. flower shop. When Jada Morrison walks into the store and introduces herself as Clary’s half sister, Clary is unsettled—her mother left when she was young, so Clary was raised by her father and her Cuban grandparents. Unsure of what to do when Jada offers to connect her with their mother, Clary focuses on other things.