Release date not yet known
Cruel Instincts by Clare Edge (Delacorte)
Meet Me at the Creek by Alexander M. Rigby (Knopf)
Marisa DiNovis at Knopf has bought Alexander M. Rigby's YA debut Meet Me at the Creek. Set in rural northwest Pennsylvania in the early 2000s, the novel follows best friends Mark and Brett, who spend their adolescence exploring the creek that runs through their neighborhood, as the two reckon with their sexuality in wildly different ways. Publication is set for spring 2027; Kelly Karczewski and Dan Milaschewski at UTA sold North American rights.
A Totally Fake Love Story by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Simon and Schuster) - not yet added to Goodreads.
Daniela Villegas Valle at S&S has acquired world rights to Zoe Hana Mikuta's A Totally Fake Love Story. While trying to win a K-drama writing competition, Korean American teen Anna Nari accidentally brings her love interest to life, and the only way to send him back seems to be to open her heart to the one person who broke it. Publication is scheduled for April 2027; Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency brokered the deal.
April 6th
Untitled by Unknown YA Author (Simon and Schuster) - moved from November 2026.
April 13th
While the Forest Burns by Xan Kaur (Henry Holt) - moved from 2026.
Don't Tell Me What Happens by Raphael Simon and Phillip De Leon (Roaring Brook Press) - YA graphic novel, description not yet updated on Goodreads, moved from 2026.
Two queer love stories. Two time periods. One mystery.
Fifteen-year-old Noah lives with his father in New York but is spending the summer with his mother in Venice, CA. An indoor, city sort of person, a RuPaul fanatic, he’s miserable in the sun – until he meets Tomo, a surfer who works in his father’s vintage store. Tomo hands Noah an old composition-style notebook, filled with steamy diary entries by its teenaged owner, Diego, in addition to ephemera from the 1980s. Noah reads about Diego playing footsie in history class with closeted surfer (another surfer!) Casey until one day after school it becomes something more. Noah is enthralled. And there’s one more notebook at the store, but that’s it – Noah and Tomo have no idea what happened to Diego and Casey. And as they set off to find the much older surfer, the two boys find romance of their own…but can Noah keep from sabotaging the first good thing in his life?
Something Bright and Beautiful by Cathryn Free (Feiwel and Friends) - official description not yet released.
Publisher's weekly: "In recent years, authors and agents have struggled to find a place in the market for contemporary YA, given the boom in fantasy and romantasy. Signifying a potential bright spot for the category, Liz Szabla, VP and associate publisher, Feiwel and Friends, has acquired, at auction, Something Bright and Beautiful by debut author Cathryn Free. Described as a romantic coming-of-age YA novel in the vein of Sarah Dessen, the book is slated for release in April 2027. Sara Shandler at the Book Group negotiated the deal for North American rights. Rights have now sold in 10 territories, and Kassie Evashevski and Ali Lefkowitz at Anonymous have signed for TV/film rights.The standalone novel follows the story of Ellie, who, while mourning the death of her teen brother, encounters a mysterious boy on a midnight run. As they become closer, Ellie, always interested in astrophysics, begins to think the cosmos has brought them together. But the universe has more surprises in store for her."
April 20th
Unauthorized Bread: A Radicalized Graphic Novel by Cory Doctorow, J.R. Doyle and Blue Delliquanti (First Second) - YA graphic novel, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
New York Times bestselling author of Enshittification Cory Doctorow presents Unauthorized Bread—a near-future dystopian graphic novel about how we use our technology…and how it uses us.
Salima’s new high-tech apartment building seems ideal, until she and her neighbors discover it’s designed to enforce inequality. Elevators discriminate by income, appliances extract revenue. The fridge won't chill unauthorized groceries. The toaster won't toast unauthorized bread.
When the company that makes these electronic "conveniences" goes under, they stop working altogether. Salima must lead a dangerous jailbreaking effort, training a child army who liberate the building's appliances, even those hated elevators. But this group of disenfranchised young immigrants will have to risk everything.
Cory Doctorow is one of our most incisive and imaginative thinkers about technology, and Unauthorized Bread is both propulsive dystopian adventure and a chilling warning about the cost of surrendering control to technology.
April 27th
Trans Panic! by Logan-Ashley Kisner (Delacorte) - note the addition of a "!" to the title. Moved from September 2026.
Garden Girls by Amanda Linsmeier (Roaring Brook Press) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
A dark, atmospheric YA fairy tale about two girls whose fates become intertwined when an old family curse comes to collect its due — perfect for fans of THE THIRTEENTH CHILD and A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL.
Every family buries secrets.
Sixteen-year-old Briar Marlowe has lived her entire life sheltered away in a cliffside castle with her sisters, ailing father, and domineering mother. But after a stranger comes to call one day, she begins to notice unsettling details about her elegant, quaint life, and disturbing lapses in her memory. And then, she finds bones buried in the gardens.
In the village of Clove across the starlit sea, another girl named Lark grows up under the watchful eye of a strict father, and a caretaker who tells her forbidden tales of magic in the dark. But are they just stories, or is the truth even darker?
Unbeknownst to them, Briar and Lark's fates are connected, and their futures intertwined. For when one family secret is unburied, someone must pay the price.
Delve into a riveting, twisted tale of deceit and cursed magic in this intricately webbed tale about two girls seeking their own happy ending. But at what cost?
Romancing the Throne by Caitlin Cooper (Feiwel and Friends) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
A teen book lover falls headfirst into her favorite romantasy novel in this laugh-out-loud young adult novel.Cyd has always been obsessed with The Splintered Heart, the epic romantasy novel by mysterious author Mayalene Mayakovsky. She knows everything (and we mean EVERYTHING) about the kingdom of Argonia and its heroine, Princess Valentina. Until, during chance encounter with Mayalene, Cyd learns that the story is real. And then… well, then she accidentally falls into her favorite romantasy novel.
Cyd finds herself swept away in a world of dragons, love triangles, handsome rogues, and brooding princes. Nothing a devoted fangirl can’t handle! But the life of a romantasy heroine isn’t as glamorous as the books make it seem. There’s no indoor plumbing, for one. Not to mention that travelling for days on horseback is actually really painful. And when Cyd starts falling for the gorgeous, arrogant Prince Quillian (who is definitely, absolutely, 1000% betrothed to Princess Valentina), she’ll have to decide if she will risk it all to tell her own story, or just keep playing it by the book.
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