BLOGS > DECEMBER 19, 2024
We’ve partnered with Penguin Young Readers Group and NetGalley* to provide digital access to upcoming fiction titles through March 3. Get early access to these up-and-coming books you won’t want to miss for spring – then preorder the books you love in Titlewave®!
By Kyle Lukoff
Audience: Middle School
“Rare and beautiful – a novel that combines wondrous fantasy, searing real-world relevance, and a frank empathetic understanding of the adolescent experience...The way Lukoff combines these elements in a page-turning adventure is nothing short of magic!” – Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
A World Worth Saving is a groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia from Newbery Honor-winner Kyle Lukoff.
By Joy McCullough
Audience: Young Adult
Everything Is Poison is a Blood Water Paint-style historical YA in prose and verse from New York Times best-selling author Joy McCullough that takes place in early seventeenth-century Rome. The story centers around a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and the women who risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn.
By Lauren Wolk
Audience: Middle School
With an unforgettable New England setting and a complex web of relationships old and new, Candle Island is a powerful and moving story about art, loss, and the power of being true to your own voice from Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Beyond the Bright Sea.
By Padma Venkatraman
Audience: Middle School
Safe Harbor is an uplifting novel in verse about an immigrant girl adjusting to life in the US through her love of nature, music, and poetry, by the award-winning author of The Bridge Home, Padma Venkatraman. Join the protagonist, Geetha, as she learns to live with mixed feelings and accept that while there will always be rough waters, there are plenty of safe harbors too.
By James Robinson
Audience: Middle School
From Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson comes a breathtaking illustrated memoir for middle grade readers (and adults, too), inspired by the viral, Emmy-nominated short film Whale Eyes. With poignant illustrations by Eisner Award-nominated artist Brian Rea, James’ story equips readers of all ages with the tools to confront their discomfort with disability and turn confused, blank stares into powerful connections. An Indies Introduce Pick for Winter/Spring 2025!
Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II (Operation Kinderspion, Book 2)
By Adam Gidwitz
Audience: Middle School
Max is on a mission. Well, two missions. One has been assigned by his British spymasters: Infiltrate the Funkhaus, the center of Nazi radio and propaganda. The other they have forbidden: Find his parents.
By Leslie Vedder
Audience: Upper Elementary
From author Leslie Vedder comes a darkly inventive fantasy perfect for fans of Tim Burton about a girl who can see Nightmare creatures from the forbidden Labyrinth of Souls. What happens when she’s finally surrounded by others who can see what she sees?
By Anne Blankman
Audience: Upper Elementary
In the spirit of Lauren Wolk and Ruta Sepetys comes the tale of a girl fighting her way back home after surviving the sinking of the Lusitania – and learning to think for herself rather than accept the prejudice of wartime. This story shows readers that friendship, especially in times of war, may be the greatest gift of all.
By Rainie Oet
Audience: Middle School
Glitch Girl! is a middle grade novel in verse following a young trans girl from fifth to seventh grade who uses a computer game to process an ADHD diagnosis, isolation, and her relationship to gender.
By Jessica Kim
Audience: Upper Elementary
Twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter Bae are opposites in every way except for their love of the ice. Phoebe is hyperfocused on pairs figure skating, and Dex loves his hockey team. But when Phoebe’s partner injures his knee and Dex gets cut from his team, they’re both left spinning. Can these siblings skate past their differences toward victory?
By Bobbie Pyron
Audience: Middle School
From critically acclaimed author Bobbie Pyron comes Octopus Moon, a deeply moving middle grade novel in verse drawn from her own experiences about a girl struggling with depression when she starts fifth grade amidst a sea of changes.
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Audience: Middle School
This middle grade novel is from multiple award-winning author, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Set against the backdrop of the Birmingham church bombing, the Kennedy assassination, and Beatlemania, Radiant is a finely crafted novel in verse about race, class, faith, and finding one’s place in a loving family and a complicated world.
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