Release Date Not Yet Known
Temporary Bodies by Anuradha D. Rajurkar (Knopf) - moved from 2024, then from 2025.
Katherine
Harrison and Gianna Lakenauth at Knopf have acquired, in an exclusive
submission, Temporary Bodies by Anuradha D. Rajurkar,
a YA gothic thriller about a teen girl who seeks a fresh start in India
after the death of her sister, but discovers that the abandoned
building her parents are renovating into a boutique hotel has a dark
history as a birthing hospital, haunted by restless spirits and the
twisted legacy of colonialism. Publication is set for summer 2024;
Alexander Slater at GreenburgerKids did the deal for North American
rights.
August 3rd
Chuck and the Girl by Yusuke Saitoh (Graphix) - YA graphic novel/manga, moved from March 2027 and May 2027.
Amy's life in Los Angeles is uprooted when she's packed off to Yokohama, Japan, to live with the grandmother she's never met. She's ready for adventure in a country she's only seen in movies and anime, but the reality is even better than she'd imagined: Her grandmother is a painter and teacher whose home is filled with art and music, and she encourages Amy to embrace the unexpected - whether it's riding her skateboard, jamming on the guitar with her uncle, or befriending an adorable Siamese kitten named Chuck. Amy's spirit of creative expression brings a classmate, Kenta, into her family's orbit - and inspires the shy Japanese boy to express himself more freely.
But all isn't sunshine and cherry blossoms in Amy's world as she adjusts to her new home and learns the real reason why her mother sent her off to Japan... and whether this is just a temporary move, or her new home for good.
No Glory for Thieves by S.G. Prince (Godwin Books)
Debt-ridden, hard-working Henry Love and wealthy, pretentious Vincent Rafford are an unlikely duo, but when Henry needs a fighting partner to win a city-wide tournament and Vincent needs information about a powerful relic stolen from his family, each turns out to be the perfect solution to the other’s problem. The closer they get to reaching their goals, however, the more enemies they seem to make, forcing them to rely on one another both inside and outside the juvonmon arena to secure the futures they’re seeking—and, maybe, the chance to live them out together.
August 17th
Somewhere in the Gray by Michelle Jing Chan (FSG) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2026.
Grace Kendall at FSG has acquired world rights, at auction, in a six-figure deal, Michelle Jing Chan's debut graphic novel, Somewhere in the Gray, which follows a girl who is dating the most popular girl at school, and what seems easy for her friends—being intimate in any way with their partners—doesn't feel quite right to her as she learns it's more than okay to live somewhere in the gray of asexuality. Publication is scheduled for fall 2026; Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency negotiated the deal.
August 24th
A Different Kind of Murder by Racquel Marie (Feiwel and Friends) - full description not yet updated on Goodreads.
When a murder of crows begins wreaking havoc on a small town, a girl with OCD must come to terms with what it means to be a “good” person in order to stop the crows from enacting the worst of her intrusive thoughts, in this YA horror for fans of Don’t Let the Forest In and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth!
On the surface, seventeen-year-old Paloma O’Hare is gentle, well-behaved, and balanced, especially compared to the troublesome step-sister taking up most of her parents’ attention. But Paloma’s anxiety and OCD have been worsening since her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend found the journal that she’d been using to detail her disturbing intrusive thoughts. It feels inevitable that soon, everyone else will discover what she’s always feared most: she’s actually a terrible person.
For months, Paloma left the journal untouched and instead spent all her free time birding in the forest surrounding her small town, befriending the crows there and convincing herself things might be okay. That is, until dead animals start showing up with page scraps from her journal stuffed inside them, preceding violent attacks by the crows... attacks that are making her worst intrusive thoughts come true. Horrified, Paloma knows this is all her fault.
Teaming up with an unlikely ally, town loner Alise Cordova, Paloma tries to find a way to stop the crows before they take things too far. But unless she can reconcile with the cruelest parts of her brain and accept her own imperfections, there may be no way of stopping the murder.
The Season of Wild Poppies by Amir Ahmadi Arian (Henry Holt) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
From critically acclaimed writer and journalist, Amir Ahmadi Arian, comes a breathtaking YA about the horrors of war, the mysteries hidden within families, and the love that blooms in unexpected places.
For fifteen-year-old Yashar, war is something that happens on TV.
It belongs to news headlines and Hollywood movies, not to his quiet life in Ahvaz, in southern Iran. But in September 1980, Iraq invades, and suddenly his hometown is at the heart of the battlefield. As his family rushes to fortify their home, Yashar stumbles across a hidden suitcase. Inside, he finds a stack of drawings by another child, kept alongside his own childhood drawings. Has his mother been keeping the memory of a sibling he never knew? And if so, what became of this other child?
Yashar confides in Nilou, his childhood friend newly returned to Ahvaz. Together they search for answers, and their bond deepens into a fierce first love. While bombs fall and school life fractures, the drawings reveal a trail of clues. The missing child was obsessed with Tintin, using comics to map their world in secret codes. Decoding their art, Yashar and Nilou begin to uncover a darker history: the sibling may have crossed paths with a notorious serial killer, and may still be alive.
For readers of Ruta Sepetys and Khaled Hosseini, Amir Ahmadi Arian's The Season of Wild Poppies is a deeply thrilling, heart-rending novel.
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