Release date not yet known
Good Mourning by Circe Moskowitz and Caleb
Hosalla (Dial) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2024, then from August 2025.
Michelle
Lee at Dial has bought, in a preempt, world English rights to Good
Mourning, the debut YA graphic novel by Circe Moskowitz, pitched as
Schitt's Creek
meets HGTV. Black vampire Theo trades in the city and her coven for a
quiet, New England inn only to find it more rundown than advertised.
After (accidentally) murdering the current owner, Theo places herself in
charge and ends up falling in love: with running a bed and breakfast...
and with Ronny, the handywoman, who knows Theo's vampiric secret. Caleb
Hosalla will illustrate; publication is slated for fall 2024. Natascha
Morris at the Tobias Literary Agency represented the author, and Thao Le
at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency represented the illustrator.
Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures by Taylor Hobbs (Norton Young Readers) - not yet added to Goodreads.
Kristin Allard at Norton Young Readers has acquired Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures, a debut YA novel by Taylor Hobbs. When Kaley learns that her developmentally disabled older sister Zoey needs a new kidney but is at the bottom of the transplant list, the girls set off on a madcap family road trip to track down their estranged father, who may be a donor match. Publication is slated for August 2026; Michaela Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret did the deal for world rights.
Aperture by Kirsten Thompson and Huenito (Nakama Press) - YA graphic novel, not yet added to Goodreads.
Kristen Simon at Mad Cave Studios/Nakama Press has acquired world English rights to Aperture, a YA graphic novel by I Am Hexed creator Kirsten Thompson, illustrated by Huenito. Two students living in different time periods travel between the present day and pre-WWI using an old camera found in their university's library, and fall in love over a series of adventures. Publication is slated for August 2026; Jas Perry at Looking Glass Literary & Media represented the author while at KT Literary, and TomatoFarm represented the illustrator.
August 1st
There Are Ghosts Here by Adrienne Tooley (Delacorte)
Krista Marino at Delacorte Press has acquired There Are Ghosts Here by Adrienne Tooley (The Third Daughter), a contemporary speculative thriller in which a girl arrives at a halfway house with no memory, to meet two sinister girls who seem to already know her, for a stay that devolves into horrifying revelations. Publication is planned for summer 2026; Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret sold world English rights.
August 4th
Soulmates by David Wilson (Roaring Brook Press) - YA graphic novel, full description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Kit is the golden boy of his small town. Captain of the football team, perfect grades, perfect relationship, perfect everything. But when his childhood best friend, Emma, mysteriously returns to town, Kit's life is thrown into turmoil.
She's the only one who knows what happened that day he fell at the cliffs—and why he woke up alone on the shore. She's also the only one who may know the truth about the strange visions he's been having—and why the people he sees in them are turning up dead.
As Kit and Emma reconnect and rekindle the past, Kit's forced to admit that things aren't as perfect as they seem. And Emma... well, she isn't what she seems either. Her family's been hiding a secret for generations and with Death looming over all of them, the truth can't stay buried forever.
Immortal Game by Allison Saft (Wednesday Books)
In #1 New York Times bestseller Allison Saft’s enthralling new romantic fantasy, a chess grandmaster will go to any length to save the person she loves the most.
Six years ago, Shea Fury’s sister was whisked away by the High King of the Otherworld, the ruler of the treacherous land of fae. Although Shea has spent the years since dreaming of rescuing her sister from captivity, the Iron Veil that separates the human world from the fae has made it only a wish. That is, until an invitation to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime chess tournament in the Otherworld arrives on Shea’s doorstep. The winner of the tournament may ask the High King to grant one wish, and Shea’s is finally within reach.
But entering the tournament and winning it are two different feats. Dark magic lurks around every corner in the Otherworld, and her cutthroat opponents are willing to bend the rules to make their own wishes come true. To make it to the end – and to find her sister – Shea is forced to strike an alliance with her longtime rival, the sharply beautiful fae princess, Ciara of Bri Leith. One wrong move, though, and Shea may lose more than just the competition. She’ll lose her sister, her dignity, and maybe even her life.
In Immortal Game, Allison Saft has written a high-stakes sapphic love story brimming with competitive tension, set against a lush Irish folklore-inspired fantasy world.
Alchemy of Souls by Adriana Mather (Feiwel and Friends) - previously titled The Gifted.
Holly West at Feiwel and Friends has bought North American rights to Alchemy of Souls by Adriana Mather. Dark Academia meets romantasy in this YA novel in which a struggling student finds her future unexpectedly entwined with the most gifted boy in school when a mysterious spell ties their fates together during their graduation exam. The book is scheduled for fall 2026; Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio brokered the deal.
August 11th
Hollow Magic by Mars Lauderbaugh (Feiwel and Friends) - YA graphic novel, new description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Raised in the world of fey, seventeen-year-old Rosefinch has the ability to lift curses with nothing but a twist of her fingers. But when a witch's magic is left long enough in the fey realm, it becomes supercharged, painful to use, and potentially even dangerous.
Following a rumor that the village of Harp is home to a witch who might be able to help control her magic, Rosefinch discovers an ancient ruined castle with the inhabitants long gone; the only remaining soul a knight cursed to stand a frozen guard at the entrance. The magic she uses to free them melts more than just the ice, and soon, Rosefinch is falling for this charming stranger. But Thierry has secrets of their own, as do other members of the Harp family still hidden within the castle walls. The Harp witch’s wicked magic ripped this family apart for a reason, and Rosefinch must find a way to stop the curse or she'll lose Thierry—and chance to learn the truth about her magic—forever.
With mesmerizing art and a sweeping queer romance, this spellbinding fairy tale shows the power of found family and love where we least expect it.
Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher (Wednesday Books) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
The sequel to the unforgettable New York Times bestseller Gwen & Art Are Not In Love that invites readers on a quest chock full of wit, undeniable yearning, and second chances.
They fell in love. They fought a great battle. And they won. Now, Camelot’s famous couples have fallen apart.
Newly crowned King Gabriel is having panic attacks in cupboards in-between council meetings. He can't tell Arthur just how not okay he is—so he's set him free, to find love with someone who can get through the day without breaking down.
Bridget has lost her spark for sparring, forfeiting again and again in the lists. When she’s invited to join Gabriel's round table, she hopes it’ll be the change she needs. But trying to navigate the post-happily-ever-after reality of a relationship with Gwen, when Bridget no longer feels like the dashing knight Gwen fell in love with, feels impossible.
With the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumored sightings of the holy grail, the questing beast, and the green knight happening across the country, the gang depart on a PR tour destined for disaster. Can Gabriel be the king his country deserves? Can Bridget get her jousting groove back? And will they find their way back to the courtly love that once seemed fated?
In the much anticipated follow-up to Gwen & Art Are Not in Love, Gabriel and Bridget set out on a daring quest to put love back on the table
Song For Medusa by Grace Desmarais (Andrews McMeel) - YA graphic novel, moved from October 2025.
Katie Gould at Andrews McMeel has acquired Grace Desmarais's debut graphic novel Song for Medusa. This feminist, romantic sapphic re-imagining of the classic myth finds Medusa and blind princess Danae falling in love in the face of insurmountable odds—and the constraints of patriarchy on their lives. Sara Crowe and Katie Bircher at Sara Crowe Literary negotiated the deal for publication in fall 2025.
August 18th
Bound by Fury by Noelle Monét (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
The ancestral magic and feuding bloodlines of WITCHES STEEPED IN GOLD meets the themes of ACE OF SPADES, but set in a town infused with magic like in THE RAVEN BOYS, in this atmospheric debut YA Contemporary Fantasy with Dark Academia and Romantic elements.
When her 16th birthday comes and passes without the magic promised by her now deceased grandmother, Harper feels vindicated in her doubts about Gigi’s fanciful stories featuring pretty brown girls with magic in their blood. But when a rage-inducing encounter brings forth strange new abilities, Harper follows them to the one school she promised she’d never attend.
Perched atop a small Appalachian town called Earnest, Black Mountain Academy looms in the background of every memory worth having. Creaky, old, and haunted by the town’s insidious past, Harper is sure BMA has the answers she’s looking for. But when the truth about a missing student parallels her life in more ways than one, what Harper finds is more sinister than she ever imagined.
Ancient magic, vengeful ancestors, and Kai Matsoukas—her childhood best friend turned disgustingly hot mortal enemy. The closer she gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes: if Harper wants to survive BMA she’ll have to do two things first. Kill Kai Matsoukas and transform into something she never knew existed.
Guardians of Dawn: Suhwa by S. Jae-Jones (Wednesday Books) - moved from 2024, then from 2025, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Min Suhwa has always longed to see the greater world outside the small, cloistered convent in which she was raised. Hidden there for her safety when she was a small child, Suhwa has learned to keep her unusual illusion magic to herself, but when the Bangtan Brothers come to town to perform, she can’t resist the chance to go see them for herself. But the world outside her convent is dangerous—the Morning Realms have fallen to civil war, and Huntsmen prowl the land in search of magicians and the fabled Guardians of Dawn, legendary elemental warriors with incredible powers. When Suhwa’s illusion magic brings her afoul of one of the Huntsmen, she must flee for her life.
Meanwhile, the Guardians of Dawn and their allies are fighting a war on two fronts—against the northern insurrection seeking to claim the Sunburst Throne and destroy all magicians, and against the rising threat of the Mother of Ten Thousand Demons. Zhara, Ami, and Yuli must travel to the Azure Isles to seek the Guardian of Water and save the Morning Realms from annihilation, restoring balance to order and chaos once and for all.
When a Tiger Flies by Susie Yi (Roaring Brook Press) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2025.
Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook has acquired, in a preempt, to Susie Yi 's debut YA graphic novel When a Tiger Flies, which follows a 16-year-old Korean-American prodigy as she attends her first year at Harvard. A daughter of a "Tiger Mom," Ara is far from her overprotective family and struggles with school, friendships, and a toxic first love, and discovers that she herself is a tiger too—strong, fierce, and resilient. Publication is planned for spring 2025; Kathleen Ortiz at KO Media Management sold world English rights.
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