April 2026 New Releases

 

Release date not yet known
Something to Daydream About by Sydney Langford (Disney-Hyperion) - changed publisher from Disney Hyperion and moved from June 2025.

Asia Harden at FSG has acquired Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford . In this YA rom-com, a Deaf, demiromantic 18-year-old Natalie spends a whirlwind summer teaching ASL to (and trying not to fall for) a heartthrob lead singer in a boy band so he can communicate with his newly deaf sister— all while trying to save her family's struggling Deaf Center. Publication is slated for summer 2026; Emily Forney at BookEnds sold world rights. The book was previously announced by another publisher.











April 7th
Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean (Flatiron) - moved from March 2025, release date not yet updated on Goodreads.
Sarah Barley at Flatiron has bought Love Me Tomorrow, a new two-book series by Tokyo Ever After author Emiko Jean. Pitched as To All the Boys I've Loved Before with a How I Met Your Mother speculative twist, it follows a 17-year-old girl who doesn't believe in love until she starts receiving letters from the love of her life—writing to her from years in the future. Publication is tentatively slated for winter 2025; Erin Harris at Folio Literary Management and Joelle Hobeika and Sara Shandler at Alloy Entertainment sold North American rights in an exclusive submission.

April 22nd
Everything Needs to Change by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Charlesbridge) - release date not yet updated on Goodreads.
Julie Bliven at Charlesbridge has acquired Everything Needs to Change, a YA climate fiction anthology aimed to ignite hope and activism in teens, edited by 2024 Green Earth Book Award-winning author Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Fault Lines ; Rural Voices). Contributors include Erin Entrada Kelly, Jeff Zentner, Kim Johnson, Padma Venkatraman, and Xelena Gonzalez. Publication is scheduled for Earth Day 2026; Victoria Wells Arms at HG Literary sold world rights.