February 2023 Young Adult Titles
Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson Buy Book
Viking Books for Young Readers
March 2023
On Sale: February 21, 2023
Featuring: Leila
336 pages ISBN: 0593525612 EAN: 9780593525616 Hardcover
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Romance Contemporary | Young Adult
Leila is crushed when Dev, her boyfriend of four years, breaks up with her right before graduation. Just when she’s thinking she wasted her entire high school experience on a dead-end relationship, her best friend Bree reminds her that Last Chance Dance is just around the corner.
A high school tradition, the Last Chance Dance gives all the students one last opportunity to find love before they graduate. All Read More »
Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong Buy Book
Nancy Paulsen Books
March 2023
On Sale: February 28, 2023
Featuring: Matilde; Æsa
480 pages ISBN: 0593463277 EAN: 9780593463277 Hardcover
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Young Adult Romance | Fantasy Dark | Romance Fantasy
The Nightbirds are Simta’s best-kept secret: Girls with a unique and powerful magic they can gift with just a kiss. Some would kill to possess them; the church would kill them outright. But protected by the Great Houses, the Nightbirds are well-guarded treasures.
As this Season’s Nightbirds, Matilde, Æsa, and Sayer will spend their nights bestowing their gifts to well-paying clients. Once their season Read More »
Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto Buy Book
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
March 2023
On Sale: March 7, 2023
Featuring: Chloe
352 pages ISBN: 0593461630 EAN: 9780593461631 Hardcover
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Young Adult Romance | Young Adult Fantasy
Chloe knows what it takes to be the perfect Liang daughter—stay in Manila, study business management, and join the family company. But when she unexpectedly gets off the wait list for USC, her dream of becoming an animator in the United States is suddenly within reach.
Before she goes, her auntie insists on planning a traditional debut for Chloe’s eighteenth birthday. And while a party with all her Read More »
Enter the Body by Joy McCullough Buy Book
Dutton Books for Young Readers
March 2023
On Sale: March 14, 2023
336 pages ISBN: 0593406753 EAN: 9780593406755 Hardcover
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Young Adult
Enter the Body gives voice to a cast of the young women who die in Shakespeare's most iconic plays. Focusing on the stories of Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia, bestselling author of Blood Water Paint Joy McCullough brilliantly weaves retellings of Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, and King Lear into a larger story about how young women can support each other in the aftermath of trauma. Read More »
The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney Buy Book
Razorbill
March 2023
On Sale: March 14, 2023
Featuring: Alana
336 pages ISBN: 0593524608 EAN: 9780593524602 Hardcover
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Young Adult | Horror
For generations, a monster called the Memory Eater has lived in the caves of Whistler Beach, Maine, surviving off the unhappy memories of those who want to forget. And for generations, the Harlows have been in charge of keeping her locked up—and keeping her fed.
After her grandmother dies, seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow inherits the family business. But there’s something Alana doesn’t know: the strange Read More »
The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher Buy Book
St. Martin’s Press
March 2023
On Sale: March 14, 2023
320 pages ISBN: 1250840244 EAN: 9781250840240 Hardcover
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Young Adult | Romance Comedy
Dumplin' meets Well Met in this novel about finding your place in the world, learning love is a risk worth taking, and discovering what happens when you take your fate into your own hands.
Since her mother’s death, Madeline “Gwen” Hathaway has been determined that nothing in her life will change ever again. That’s why she keeps extensive lists in journals, has had only Read More »
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone Buy Book
Crown Books for Young Readers
March 2023
On Sale: February 28, 2023
Featuring: Shelbi; Andy
288 pages ISBN: 0593307704 EAN: 9780593307700 Hardcover
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Young Adult | Multicultural African-American
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin delivers a gripping romance about two teens: a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental illness and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief. Don't miss this gut punch of a novel about mental illness, loss, and discovering you are worthy of love.
Scars exist to remind us of what we Read More »
Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park Buy Book
Random House Childrens Books
March 2023
On Sale: February 21, 2023
304 pages ISBN: 0593563379 EAN: 9780593563373 Hardcover
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Young Adult
Alejandra Kim doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her súper Spanish name and súper Korean face do not compute to her mostly white "woke" classmates and teachers. In her Jackson Heights neighborhood, she’s not Latinx enough. Even at home, Ale feels unwelcome. And things at home have only gotten worse since Papi's body was discovered on the subway tracks Read More »
Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole Buy Book
Author Self-Published
March 2023
On Sale: March 14, 2023
Featuring: Alicia Rivers
384 pages ISBN: 0593485734 EAN: 9780593485736 Hardcover
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Young Adult | Fiction Poetry
A Novel in Verse
This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse as she grapples with how to reclaim her story, her anger, and her body in a world that seems determined to punish her for the sin of surviving.
"This is more than a story about sexual violence—this book is about race, sexuality, love, and how anger can be a catalyst for healing." Read More »
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