July 6th
Two for Joy by Susan Dennard (Quill Tree Books) - moved from May 2026.
Magpie Adams, a lonely teen pariah in the tourist town of Two Pines, finds her reputationin tatters after her ex-boyfriend cheated on her and then lied about it. With her only true friends being the dramatic Adeliade and her brooding twin brother Buck Taylor, Magpie finds solace in romance novels, and in noticing the tiny details that everyone else seems to miss.
Things turn eerie when a museum exhibit honouring Two for Joy, the cult-classic romance filmed in that very town, gets vandalized: fake magpies are impaled with knitting needles, a mannequin is mutilated, blood is spilled. The town people brush it off as a prank. But Magpie knows better. Especially when the attacks seem to follow her.
Magpie begins to suspect someone is recreating scenes from the movie, and she might be the stand-in for a missing woman from the 1970s: Becky, the forgotten body double whose face looks eerily like her own. Someone is covering up a decades-old death tied to the film’s crew. And someone doesn’t want the truth revealed.
As the mystery spirals toward murder, Magpie must use her uncanny empathy to uncover the past, and survive the present. Because Becky’s story was never told.
Until now.
A Dragonslayer's Guide to Love, Valor and Other Myths by Kalyn Josephson (Roaring Brook Press) - full description not yet released.
In truth, she and her poetry-loving dragon, Calizar, are partners-in-crime. He just pretends to attack wealthy villages, only for Mirren to save the day. All for a small fee, of course.
When Mirren is suddenly summoned to the capital, she’s sure her lies have caught up with her. But instead of throwing her in the dungeon, the handsome Prince Hallaran presents her with an ultimatum: slay a dangerous dragon or be cursed to turn to stone.
Despite Calizar's objections―and her own pesky moral compass―Mirren sets out on her quest. And is shocked when she discovers the dragon isn’t a dragon at all, but the real Prince Hallaran! Bookish and tender-hearted Prince Hal is the only one who can stop the cruel imposter back at the capital and break Mirren's curse. Too bad he’s terrible at magic. . . and is terrified of leaving his cave.
After a lifetime of looking out for number one, Mirren's not exactly a knight-in-shining-armor. But Calizar and Hallaran just might bring out the hero in her in this delightful tale brimming with delicious morning buns, magical derring-do, and sweet romance.
Tea Leaves and Fate Strings by C.B. Lee (Feiwel and Friends) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Entirely devoted to tea-making, Hanh has never paid much attention to her soulmark. She knows her destiny is to revive her parents' teahouse rather than look for someone she’ll likely never meet.
Although Yingyue had always dreamed of a soulmate, she gave up on romance and love when she breathed her last as a human, and now settles for a solitary life sending other demons back to the Lower Realms and searching for the perfect bowl of noodles.
The appearance of the strings of fate offer not just a tantalizing glimpse of destiny, but a direction and a bearing. Formerly fear-stricken travelers start to brave the wilds for their destiny, bringing business— and Yingyue—to Hanh's village, awakening the possibility of a real future for the teahouse and Hanh's dreams.
Neither Hanh nor Yingyue have any intentions of following their strings, but fate has different plans in store...
The Dead Walk in Pleasant Cove by Fabiana Muñoz (Page Street)
Rory can see ghosts, but that’s never stopped her from losing the people she loves. After her mother’s death, she moves to Pleasant Cove—the “Salem of the West”—and falls in with two witchy girls who treat curses like party tricks. But when one of them turns up dead, Rory plans to steal a soul from the underworld and drag her friend back.
Problem is, magic in Pleasant Cove is bound to language, and Rory’s connection to her Venezuelan roots is fraying. Her Spanish is shaky, her spells unpredictable, and the door she kicks open to the afterlife brings something monstrous crawling through. Now Rory has to undo the damage before the demon wearing her best friend’s face turns Pleasant Cove into Rory’s personal hell.
The Name Bearer by Natalia Hernandez (Entangled Books) - previously self published, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Godless by Julie Kagawa (Inkyard Press) - moved from 2026.
Bound to a destiny she never chose, possessing a power she doesn’t understand, Sparrow now faces a world on the brink of ruin. The Deathless King’s army tears through the Barren Steppes, threatening everything she loves.
She knows she can fight—she hopes she can win.
In Kovass, the Deathless King is waiting for her. Yet to reach him, Sparrow and her allies first need to carve a path through a shattered and twisted version of the home they love.
But something darker waits behind any triumph: a betrayal that could unravel the very threads that bind the world together.
What ensues is a final, desperate journey to the resting place of the gods, to save every soul bound in the Weave. With destiny itself in ruins, Sparrow will have to decide not just the future of the world—but whether fate should exist at all.
She Did It by Emily Lloyd-Jones (Balzer and Bray)
A teen girl competes in an illegal scavenger hunt for a life-changing cash prize, but when a boy ends up dead, she has to unravel what really happened that night. For fans of The Inheritance Games and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
When 17-year-old Madison Mercer hears the local sheriff is investigating a tip about a body in an abandoned car in the woods, she’s not sure what’s more horrifying: that someone found the car, or that it was empty.
Because Maddy knows there was a body in the trunk.
That’s where she stashed it.
The previous summer, after a season of losses – her mother passing, her family’s diner closing, her best friend moving away, her father slipping into alcoholism – Maddy decides to participate in the Lark. The wholly illegal annual scavenger hunt takes teenagers through woods thick with illegal weed grows, down abandoned train tunnels, and into locked houses. The prize this final year is bigger than all the years combined: a whopping $100,000. The money would be the only thing to keep Maddy and her family slipping further into poverty, so she’s determined to win at any cost.
But when a boy ends up dead, Maddy knows she needs to find the killer… or risk being implicated herself. As she tries to unravel what really happened, she realizes that the game never truly ended. Because in the Lark, there’s only one rule: Trust no one in the dark.
What Blood Remembers by Andrea L. Rogers (Scholastic)
Award-winning author Andrea L. Rogers presents a fresh new vampire romantasy where a girl who was only ever supposed to be a pawn for the rich and immortal, learns a blood-bound, centuries-old secret... and dares to change her destiny.
For centuries, the vampires and the Renfield family have had a deal. The Renfields offer up their first-born daughters and the vampires keep their family in wealth and power. This closed system allows the vampires to move through a world that might otherwise destroy them, in silence and secret.
On her 18th birthday, Mel Renfield will take part in the engagement ceremony and start to learn the vampire ways. If she refuses, her whole family will pay with their lives.
Lucas Mills is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and turned into a vampire whose sole purpose is to make sure Mel stays alive.
He doesn't understand why she is suddenly so excited to step into her destiny. As future queen of the Vampires there will always be a target on her back. She will have no real power, but other covens would be happy to kill her to get to Henry and displace the Renfields. Lucas will start to help Mel train a little in hopes that when she does turn, she'll be able to take care of herself.
Mel and Lucas fall in love. But they know it can never be. Lucas wouldn't mind it too much if Henry drove a stake through his heart, but he won't let Mel die for him.
It's only a matter of time before Henry finds out.
What We Kill For by Bryce Moore (Sourcebooks Fire)
Big Brother meets Agatha Christie in this locked-island murder mystery, from the author of The Perfect Place to Die and Don't Go to Sleep. You can't trust anyone when your entire future is on the line...not even yourself.
Seventeen-year-old Vee is the son of a world-famous detective, and he spends every day trying to live up to his father's expectations. His chance to finally make his dad proud comes in the form of a cutthroat Fellowship opportunity—two weeks stranded on an island with seven other teens, competing for a full-ride scholarship.
But Vee has a weakness that he can't keep hidden for he has a history of sleepwalking, which makes the others uneasy. Maybe they were right to worry, because only a couple nights later, Vee wakes up with a knife in his hand and a very dead body beside him. Horrified, he sneaks away and waits for the others to learn what happened. He is consumed by doubt—could he have killed someone while sleepwalking?
But nobody accuses Vee. Instead, they turn to him, as the son of the famous detective, to solve the murder. He agrees, hoping to prove his innocence in the process. But in his investigation, he begins to suspect everyone—including himself. And as more dead bodies appear around the island, Vee begins to trust his own mind less and less.
Stuck on the island with no way to contact the mainland, anyone could be next and Vee is determined to find the killer once and for all…even if it's him.
The Violet Maze by Jess Lourey (Entangled Books) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Continue the gripping dystopian tale where the Wall’s false safety begins to crack, buried truths claw their way into the light, and one girl’s relentless hunt for answers threatens the fragile order holding her world together. As loyalties fracture and every revelation tightens the noose around her family, Rose’s pursuit of the real killer could expose the secret the Valley was built to contain and the truth she uncovers might set her free, or destroy everything she loves.
July 7th
They Carved Us to Be Perfect by Deke Moulton (Tundra)
Peter Phillips at Tundra has bought, in an exclusive submission, Deke Moulton's debut YA horror novel They Carved Us to Be Perfect, a "Pinocchio" retelling also based on elements of Golem lore in which two teens who were formerly part of the same tree struggle with assumptions others make about them and the expectation of perfection when one was made to serve a certain purpose. Publication is set for summer 2027; Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency sold world rights.
Broken Vows by Lola StVil (Kwame Alexander Books)
July 13th
The Summer After You by Hannah Schneider (Wednesday Books) - previously titled Unrecovered.
Ever since her older brother Emmet died, Josie Palmer’s life has felt like it’s on pause. She failed to graduate high school, her house is far too quiet, and the brother-shaped hole in her life only seems to be growing.
When Josie reconnects with Raf—Emmet’s annoyingly hot best friend—she’s confronted with her years-long crush as well as someone who knows exactly what she’s going through. Raf’s easy smile and calming presence make life feel just a little bit lighter again. But as they grow closer, and Josie attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding Emmett's death, she realizes that Raf might be keeping secrets too.
Each clue that Josie finds makes her brother feel like more of a stranger—and she may have to make peace with the fact that there are some parts of Emmet she’ll never be able to recover.
Some Like It Spartan by A. C. McKay and Lauren Mugford (FSG) - YA graphic novel, moved from June 2027.
July 20th
Where the Lotus Bloomed by Tesia Tsai (Wednesday Books)
Snow-covered Delun is all Princess Lian has known, along with the tales of demons clashing with her people inscribed in library books and whispered stories.
As Delun grows colder and more desperate, Lian's brother proposes marriage to the princess of a wealthier kingdom. Lian's duty is to assist her brother—and her kingdom's survival—by planning a welcome banquet for her brother's betrothed and playing the part of the perfect sister.
But when a mysterious performer unlocks dangerous magic hidden inside Lian, jeopardizing the life of her brother's future wife and the very foundation of Delun’s survival, she is exiled to the Sunset Pagoda deep within the bitter wilderness.
The ancient prison teems with lush flora and powerful demons Lian once believed were long dead. But to escape and save Delun, Lian must first harness her magic alongside the Serpent Lord who reigns over the Sunset Pagoda—and she begins to learn that her kingdom’s history may not be as true as she thought, or her magic as terrible.
July 27th
Slayer-Saint by Ivelisse Housman (FSG) - moved from June 2026, previously titled Slayer/Saint.
Sometimes, in my darker moments, I wonder if the Curse has already claimed me. If simply being born here, breathing the air and drinking the water of a place so poisoned, has sowed something monstrous in my bones.
Talia Aquino has spent her life training to become a Slayer and join her island nation’s fight against the Shade’s Curse, which turns living beings into monsters. Talia aspires to protect her people just like Santa Paloma, the island’s patron saint, and the first ever Slayer.
When Talia leaves for the capital city to be initiated as an Apprentice Slayer, she and her best friend Mateo accidentally discover Santa’s Paloma’s legendary sword. When Talia’s attempts to share their extraordinary find leads to her arrest, she vows to prove her innocence.
Puerto Rican-American author Ivelisse Housman has crafted a compelling mystery and a swoony friends-to-lovers romance in this unputadownable read, enriched with lore...
Brightfire by Jordan Rivet (Wednesday Books) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
No one is stronger than the people who survived the end of the world. No one except their children.
Isla has come of age in Emery, a post-apocalyptic Spartan society where strength is valued above all else. Spending energy on anything but the community's continued survival is strictly forbidden. Unfortunately for Isla, she’s happier hiding in a secret fall-out shelter full of books from the before-times than she is on the sparring field. But when she turns eighteen, she will be sent out into the wilderness with her peers to light the yearly signal fires atop mountains surrounding their makeshift village. The hope is that there are other survivors somewhere out there to join forces and pool resources. But to do so, they must brave the mysterious threats beyond the wall, rumored ‘monsters.’
Isla is all but certain that she will be among those who don’t return from the trial…until a boy named Atlas, the consummate Emery warrior and her trial group leader, catches Isla with a contraband book. Atlas believes Isla’s knowledge of before-times may be the key to their survival in the wild, where danger lurks in every shadow. But when Isla uncovers a deadly secret, she’s no longer sure she can trust the community she came from…or the boy she’s started to fall for. Suddenly Isla doesn’t know who—or what—she’s fighting for, or if she was ever meant to return in the first place.
Can’t You See It’s Coming? by Various YA Authors (Versify) - moved from July 2026 and from October 2026.
by the dawn’s early light,
what strange fruit and fear
this land has sown?
In this psychologically haunting YA fiction anthology, ten talented writers explore the terror and anxiety that bleed into the Black psyche in America.
From black market medical experiments to shapeshifting monsters, to doomsday cults and body snatchers each story casts an unnerving and thought-provoking light on the real-world horrors of our society that can disrupt a life—or end it.
Ranging from speculative to contemporary, this collection of terror and resistance asks if we can finally see the thing that goes bump in the night, and how it walks freely in the light of day, too.
Tempest of Fate by Lauryn Hamilton Murray (FSG)
If I Can't Have You by Aden Polydoros (Page Street) - moved from February 2026, then from November 2026, September 2026 and January 2027.
Reeling from a recent breakup, Kristi decides to take the plunge into virtual reality after her friend, Helen, convinces her to buy a bootlegged version of the device from Jamie, the school outcast.
At first, her VoyfriendTM, Rowan, is a balm to her post-breakup loneliness: kind, attentive, knows how to say all the right things. But things take a tragic turn when Helen dies in a grisly accident involving her own edition of the machine. In a fit of grief and rage, Kristi destroys her LI 3000, ready to move on and live in the real world. But Rowan isn’t willing to let her go, and soon begins appearing in her life―leaving her menacing messages and hacking video screens.
Then Kristi learns that Helen isn’t the only one who died in a so-called “accident” with the bootlegged machines. If she doesn’t find out who is causing the murders―and why―then her own life, the lives of those she cares about, are forfeit.
A Bright and Glittering Malice by Victoria Carbol (Page Street) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
The sorceress Solanthe sent new mage Thia Sanbrooke back to Kansas against her will. In Kansas, Thia is unable to help the resistance and keep Solanthe from claiming the throne. Thia will have to learn to harness her own magic to create a portal back to her brother Dess and new love, Oskaren if she wants a chance at keeping them safe in the impending civil war.
As each girl comes into her magic, and the various power players converge for war, Thia and Xathe will have to accept their new roles as mage and queen to save Eldris from tyranny forever.
A Death Kissed Song by De Elizabeth (Holiday House) - moved from August 2027.
Kade Dishmon at Holiday House has bought, in an exclusive submission, A Death Kissed Song by De Elizabeth (This Raging Sea), a YA dark fantasy in which an ambitious but struggling senior at a prestigious music conservatory joins a secret society led by her cutthroat childhood-friend-turned-academic-rival, where she discovers his group is using dangerously alluring magic to enhance their craft—magic that may claim the life of the boy she still can't help but love. Publication is set for summer 2027; Samantha Fabien at Root Literary negotiated the deal for world rights.
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