Shideh Etaat

May 4, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Graham Annable |Shideh Etaat |Ellen Oh |Jon Klassen

Amy Goldsmith. Delacorte, $18.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-57009-8Goldsmith plots a slow-burn psychological thriller via paranormal elements and Greek mythology in this intense debut. Seventeen-year-old British Liv Larkin is ecstatic when she lands a full-ride scholarship to SeaMester, a study abroad program aboard luxury cruise liner the Eos. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her to travel to places like New York and Barcelona that she couldn’t dream to afford otherwise.

May 4, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Breanna Carzoo |Graham Annable |Shideh Etaat |Ellen Oh

Breanna Carzoo. HarperCollins, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-305406-6Stationed at the bottom of a traffic signal by the sea, sweet-faced Greenlight sees all the brightly colored, square-shaped vehicles speeding beneath it, but it feels deeply unappreciated and often left alone. “They stop for Redlight. They slow for Yellowlight,” it complains. “But me? It’s like they can’t get away fast enough.” Fed up, Greenlight stops shining, closing its googly eyes to shut out the world.

May 4, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Graham Annable |Shideh Etaat |Ellen Oh |Jon Klassen

Eerie Tales from the School of ScreamsWhite-cued schoolteacher Ms. Nomed challenges her students to tell the eeriest tale they can imagine in this spine-chilling graphic novel collection by Annable (the Peter & Ernesto series), which teems with ghoulish charm and innovative flair. Bespectacled Alvin, who reads as Black, tells an 18th-century drama titled “The Village that Vanished,” in which tax collectors searching for a town called Wattersburg instead meet a lone elderly shepherd.