Release date not yet known
SoulCast by Aaron Cole (Peachtree Teen)
Your Better Half by Emily Charlotte (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Where the Girls Are Kept by Mel Hammond (Knopf)
Marisa DiNovis at Knopf has bought Where the Girls Are Kept by Mel Hammond, a YA reimagining of Rosemary's Baby. Artist Rowan welcomes the chance to escape her dumpster fire of a junior year when her mom inherits her aunt's Victorian fixer-upper in Arcana Falls, Ohio—but life in this sleepy town gets complicated as Rowan encounters an illegal birth control ban, a possible multi-level marketing cult, and an unexpected crush. Publication is slated for summer 2027; Tracey Adams at Adams Literary did the deal for North American rights.
Rabid Flesh by Peyton June (Norton Young Readers) - not yet added to Goodreads.
Kristin Allard at Norton Young Readers has bought Peyton June's Rabid Flesh, a twisty YA horror thriller that follows a coven of misfit girls who shapeshift to avoid becoming prey to their oppressive, traditional town—and become the predators instead. Publication is slated for June 2027; Miriam Cortinovis at Ki Agency brokered the deal for world rights.
June 1st
While the Forest Burns by Xan Kaur (Henry Holt) - moved from 2026, then from April 2027 and May 2027.
New
York Times-bestselling author Xan Kaur's eerie paranormal mystery for
fans of Stranger Things, X-Files, and Twin Peaks, follows two teens
stationed in isolated fire lookout towers who investigate disappearances
and uncover a conspiracy that connects them in ways far more
dangerous―and intimate―than they ever expected.
Secrets lay buried in the pines.
“You deserve to know the truth of things," are the final, cryptic words Archie Bajwa’s beloved neighbor Jean says before she dies―and after two mysterious men in black appear at Jean’s door. Grieving and desperate to uncover secrets about Jean’s past, Archie takes a fire lookout job in a remote Florida forest, the same place where her own father went missing years ago. While looking for the truth, she finds something far more dangerous.
Miles away, Cameron Clarke is burying his father, a man forever changed by the horrors of war. But when government agents arrive demanding his father’s body for “research,” Cameron knows something is terribly wrong. Fleeing his grief and searching for answers, he too disappears into the wilderness of Eden National Forest.
As strange reports surface―a missing hiker, eerie lights moving through the blackwater swamp, radios warped by unexplained interference―Archie and Cameron discover each other through distant radio signals, bound by a connection too powerful to be chance. As they begin to uncover a long-buried government experiment hidden beneath the pines, they’ll face a choice that could cost one of them everything.
Your Life Starts Now by Bill Konigsberg (Scholastic) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Queer YA legend Bill Konigsberg returns to comedy (some romantic, some cringe) with the story of a queer boy running away to find the place that will accept him for who he is.
Ainsley does not feel he belongs in his conservative family or his conservative town. So, improbably, he decides to run away... on a cruise ship, in the hope that when he arrives in England, he'll be taken in. It's not the sturdiest of plans, but it's all he's got. And once he takes action and sneaks on board, he finds some willing allies... and, quite possibly, someone who'll love him as he is.
She Dies at Dawn by Roxane de Rouen (Henry Holt)
This romantasy set in an Ancient Greece-inspired world is full of assassinations, whispers of rebellion, and a reluctant alliance between a deathless thief and a hunted prince.
She has eleven lives. He might cost her every one.
Whipsmart has spent a lot of time dying. She is the last of the Deathless, a people with eleven lives who were massacred by the emperor years ago. Her family gone, she has grown up surviving as a thief. When Whip wakes up on her sixth life with a legendary blade in her hand and the emperor dead next to her, she’s sentenced to hang—even though she’s fairly sure she didn’t kill him.
The emperor’s sixth son, the vain, spoiled, and supremely unserious Leto, is fighting his own battles. With three of his brothers recently assassinated, and someone trying to frame him for the murders, he fears he might be the next victim. Though Leto suspects Whip couldn’t have killed his father, she is such a perfect scapegoat that he calls for her death anyway.
But when Whip turns up alive after her hanging, she and Leto form an uneasy alliance to find the murderer and stop a coup. So long as neither betrays the other first. While the death toll mounts and Whip’s remaining lives dwindle, sparks unexpectedly fly between the two former enemies. As their feelings become undeniable, they must uncover who killed the emperor before they wind up dead themselves.
Like a Lady by Chatham Greenfield (Bloomsbury)
Alex Borbolla at Bloomsbury has acquired, in an exclusive submission, Like a Lady by Stonewall Honor author Chatham Greenfield (Time and Time Again ; Try Your Worst), pitched as She's the Man meets Dumplin'. This romantic comedy follows Kara, a 16-year-old with PCOS, who is determined to do whatever it takes to show her family that she can be a debutante just like her perfect older sisters—even if it means enlisting her butch lesbian classmate to pose as her fake boyfriend. Publication is scheduled for winter 2027; Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world English rights.
Oh So Many Teeth by Lexi Smith McNicholas (Bloomsbury)
Meghan McCullough at Bloomsbury has bought, in a preempt, Oh So Many Teeth by Lexi Smith McNicholas, a horror-tinged YA paranormal fantasy set in the Wild West, featuring sapphic werewolves hunting for cursed treasure while learning to free their inner monsters. Publication is scheduled for spring 2027; Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates negotiated the two-book deal for world rights.
When Harry Met Matty by L V Peñalba (Wednesday Books)
Some Like It Spartan by A. C. McKay and Lauren Mugford (FSG) - YA graphic novel.
June 8th
Nice to Meet You: Volume One by Wishroomness (First Second) - YA graphic novel based on a webtoon, moved from 2026, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
When what seems like a harmless prank goes wrong, ditzy Mew finds herself in an awkward love triangle In this irresistible and compulsively readable new manga romance series!
When Mew finds the ID card of a popular student at her college, she thinks it would be funny to switch it with her own. Maybe she'll get a chance to get to know Daze? That part works all too well. What isn't clear is if Daze actually likes her, or if he's irritated by her whimsy. Plus, his best friend Wyn is also a factor. Caught in the delicious chaos of crushes, mixed signals, and way too many opinions from meddling friends, Nice to Meet You combines vibrant manga-inspired art, sweet humor, and butterflies, and it dives headfirst into the thrill (and torture) of figuring out who likes who—and when you finally dare to make a move.
Horchata & Hearts by Sandra Proudman (Avon A)
Carolina Mancheno Ortiz at HarperCollins/Avon A has acquired world rights to Horchata & Hearts by Sandra Proudman, a Brewed with Love novel. The YA romance follows a heartbroken girl spending the summer in Mexico helping her grieving grandfather’s struggling café, where a matchmaking scheme with a handsome local sparks an unexpected connection. Publication is scheduled for summer 2027; Kate Testerman at KT Literary brokered the deal.
June 15th
Blood Cinder Witch by Sarah Street (Feiwel and Friends) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Three
young women struggle against a tyrannical king and the looming threat
of war in this epic romantasy duology opener, perfect for fans of the
Shadow and Bone trilogy.
A witch with no memory. A shapeshifter spy. And a rebel soldier determined to save them both.
In a kingdom where magic is punishable by fire, a girl wakes covered in spells, with no memory and no name. As strangers who seem to know her emerge, the ink-marked girl – Morgade – is thrust into the deadly world of magic and a past her own body won’t let her remember.
Isolde is a witch full of secrets who dreams of being queen. As magic dwindles across the realm, Isolde infiltrates the court of the tyrant King and spins webs of deceit and resistance, all while nursing an impossible love for his son.
Long before she was a commander, Nasim made a vow to the girl she loved that she would protect witchkind no matter the cost. Now that girl is dead, and Nasim’s childhood rival is likely to blame — if only she could recall what happened.
While the past tangles with the present, the future is on the brink of collapse. Morgade’s memories might hold the key, and it’s up to Nasim to help her remember, even if it destroys the attraction growing between them. As Isolde fights for power at court, danger lurks at every turn. Dying magic, missing gods, and kings who would burn them all. The three girls must risk losing everything to save their kingdom, including themselves, their hearts, and each other.
MJ Loves Spider-Man by Emma Lord (Random House/Marvel)
When MJ’s best friend (and longtime crush) Peter Parker suddenly forgets he’s Spider-Man, it’ll be up to her to save the day in this swoonworthy rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author of Tweet Cute.
From the outside, 17-year-old Mary Jane Watson seems carefree and cool, the life of every party. In reality, she’s eager to escape her complicated home life. And that includes her crush on her next-door neighbor Peter Parker, whose super hero-sized secret might be too much to handle.
So when MJ gets punished for her "lack of commitment" at school, and an audition for a reoccurring character in a popular crime drama pops up, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to escape real life and live out her dream.
But then disaster the actors actually start committing the crimes written in the script, wreaking havoc all over New York City. Worse, Spider-Man can’t seem to remember who he is. As chaos ensues both on and off the set, MJ will have to step into the hero role and save everything she’s been running from... including those pesky feelings for a certain web-slinger.
Description not yet released.
June 22nd
We Won't Remember Your Name by Zoë Harris (Godwin Books) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Welcome to Fossbridge, where the only thing worse than being seen is disappearing in the crowd.
The Fossbridge School for Timid Girls exists outside of time and place. Here, girls frozen in their sixteenth year live for their moment of triumph and freedom: Graduation. Divided into tiers and kept on a strict schedule, memories of the outside world fade quickly as the rigid rules and complex social hierarchy that dominate the girls’ days take over. Success means winning not only the approval of their teachers but their rivals as well. Top girls Graduate to resume their forgotten lives, while others watch and wait for any opportunity to climb. And then there are Leavers—but we don’t really talk about them…
When two new arrivals dare to challenge Fossbridge’s delicate ecosystem, cracks begin to show in the school’s serene facade. Girls hear voices in their rooms at night, civilized debates turn to vicious brawls, and sabotage lurks in every corner—their crumbling sanctuary’s darkest secret is about to be unleashed. After all, the one eternal truth about Fossbridge is that timid girls can change.
June 29th
Hunt the Wild Night by Julia Alexandra (Wednesday Books)
Lush and fast-paced, Hunt the Wild Night plunges a disgraced huntress into a magical hedge maze that could redeem her, alongside the thief she’s hunted for years —the same boy who may be her only way out alive.
Once a decade, a rare Night Rift flower blooms inside a magical hedge maze and the Hunt begins…
Pyra has trained to protect the maze and harvest its magical plants her entire life. Now she has the chance to enter the deadly Hunt she’s waited for since she was a child. The same Hunt that took her mother ten years ago. Whomever finds the Night Rift flower gets a choice of power, truth, or healing, and many will stop at nothing to reach it first. Pyra seeks answers for her mother’s disappearance and redemption for a fatal mistake. But when she’s banned from the maze, Pyra is desperate enough to make a deal with Caro, the cunning maze thief she’s always failed to capture.
Caro hails from a rival territory known for stealing plants and experimenting with dark magic. If he reaches the Night Rift first, he will overturn the control Pyra’s people have held over the maze. Despite her sworn duty to apprehend him, Pyra can’t resist the allure of their familiar rivalry as huntress and thief. Together, they must survive the carnivorous plants, dangerous creatures, and deadly challenges that guard the Night Rift. They must outlast the other hunters, even if that means working with allies as secretive and desperate as they are. But Pyra’s greatest threat may not be the maze itself.
It may be the thief who’s been sent to kill her.
We are guardians. We are hunters. But we are always visitors, warned not to stay too long.
While the Forest Burns by Xan Kaur (Henry Holt) - moved from 2026, then from April 2027 and May 2027.
Secrets lay buried in the pines.
“You deserve to know the truth of things," are the final, cryptic words Archie Bajwa’s beloved neighbor Jean says before she dies―and after two mysterious men in black appear at Jean’s door. Grieving and desperate to uncover secrets about Jean’s past, Archie takes a fire lookout job in a remote Florida forest, the same place where her own father went missing years ago. While looking for the truth, she finds something far more dangerous.
Miles away, Cameron Clarke is burying his father, a man forever changed by the horrors of war. But when government agents arrive demanding his father’s body for “research,” Cameron knows something is terribly wrong. Fleeing his grief and searching for answers, he too disappears into the wilderness of Eden National Forest.
As strange reports surface―a missing hiker, eerie lights moving through the blackwater swamp, radios warped by unexplained interference―Archie and Cameron discover each other through distant radio signals, bound by a connection too powerful to be chance. As they begin to uncover a long-buried government experiment hidden beneath the pines, they’ll face a choice that could cost one of them everything.
Your Life Starts Now by Bill Konigsberg (Scholastic) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Ainsley does not feel he belongs in his conservative family or his conservative town. So, improbably, he decides to run away... on a cruise ship, in the hope that when he arrives in England, he'll be taken in. It's not the sturdiest of plans, but it's all he's got. And once he takes action and sneaks on board, he finds some willing allies... and, quite possibly, someone who'll love him as he is.
She Dies at Dawn by Roxane de Rouen (Henry Holt)
This romantasy set in an Ancient Greece-inspired world is full of assassinations, whispers of rebellion, and a reluctant alliance between a deathless thief and a hunted prince.
She has eleven lives. He might cost her every one.
Whipsmart has spent a lot of time dying. She is the last of the Deathless, a people with eleven lives who were massacred by the emperor years ago. Her family gone, she has grown up surviving as a thief. When Whip wakes up on her sixth life with a legendary blade in her hand and the emperor dead next to her, she’s sentenced to hang—even though she’s fairly sure she didn’t kill him.
The emperor’s sixth son, the vain, spoiled, and supremely unserious Leto, is fighting his own battles. With three of his brothers recently assassinated, and someone trying to frame him for the murders, he fears he might be the next victim. Though Leto suspects Whip couldn’t have killed his father, she is such a perfect scapegoat that he calls for her death anyway.
But when Whip turns up alive after her hanging, she and Leto form an uneasy alliance to find the murderer and stop a coup. So long as neither betrays the other first. While the death toll mounts and Whip’s remaining lives dwindle, sparks unexpectedly fly between the two former enemies. As their feelings become undeniable, they must uncover who killed the emperor before they wind up dead themselves.
Like a Lady by Chatham Greenfield (Bloomsbury)
Alex Borbolla at Bloomsbury has acquired, in an exclusive submission, Like a Lady by Stonewall Honor author Chatham Greenfield (Time and Time Again ; Try Your Worst), pitched as She's the Man meets Dumplin'. This romantic comedy follows Kara, a 16-year-old with PCOS, who is determined to do whatever it takes to show her family that she can be a debutante just like her perfect older sisters—even if it means enlisting her butch lesbian classmate to pose as her fake boyfriend. Publication is scheduled for winter 2027; Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world English rights.
Oh So Many Teeth by Lexi Smith McNicholas (Bloomsbury)
Meghan McCullough at Bloomsbury has bought, in a preempt, Oh So Many Teeth by Lexi Smith McNicholas, a horror-tinged YA paranormal fantasy set in the Wild West, featuring sapphic werewolves hunting for cursed treasure while learning to free their inner monsters. Publication is scheduled for spring 2027; Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates negotiated the two-book deal for world rights.
When Harry Met Matty by L V Peñalba (Wednesday Books)
Some Like It Spartan by A. C. McKay and Lauren Mugford (FSG) - YA graphic novel.
June 8th
Nice to Meet You: Volume One by Wishroomness (First Second) - YA graphic novel based on a webtoon, moved from 2026, description not yet updated on Goodreads.
When what seems like a harmless prank goes wrong, ditzy Mew finds herself in an awkward love triangle In this irresistible and compulsively readable new manga romance series!
When Mew finds the ID card of a popular student at her college, she thinks it would be funny to switch it with her own. Maybe she'll get a chance to get to know Daze? That part works all too well. What isn't clear is if Daze actually likes her, or if he's irritated by her whimsy. Plus, his best friend Wyn is also a factor. Caught in the delicious chaos of crushes, mixed signals, and way too many opinions from meddling friends, Nice to Meet You combines vibrant manga-inspired art, sweet humor, and butterflies, and it dives headfirst into the thrill (and torture) of figuring out who likes who—and when you finally dare to make a move.
Horchata & Hearts by Sandra Proudman (Avon A)
Carolina Mancheno Ortiz at HarperCollins/Avon A has acquired world rights to Horchata & Hearts by Sandra Proudman, a Brewed with Love novel. The YA romance follows a heartbroken girl spending the summer in Mexico helping her grieving grandfather’s struggling café, where a matchmaking scheme with a handsome local sparks an unexpected connection. Publication is scheduled for summer 2027; Kate Testerman at KT Literary brokered the deal.
June 15th
Blood Cinder Witch by Sarah Street (Feiwel and Friends) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
A witch with no memory. A shapeshifter spy. And a rebel soldier determined to save them both.
In a kingdom where magic is punishable by fire, a girl wakes covered in spells, with no memory and no name. As strangers who seem to know her emerge, the ink-marked girl – Morgade – is thrust into the deadly world of magic and a past her own body won’t let her remember.
Isolde is a witch full of secrets who dreams of being queen. As magic dwindles across the realm, Isolde infiltrates the court of the tyrant King and spins webs of deceit and resistance, all while nursing an impossible love for his son.
Long before she was a commander, Nasim made a vow to the girl she loved that she would protect witchkind no matter the cost. Now that girl is dead, and Nasim’s childhood rival is likely to blame — if only she could recall what happened.
While the past tangles with the present, the future is on the brink of collapse. Morgade’s memories might hold the key, and it’s up to Nasim to help her remember, even if it destroys the attraction growing between them. As Isolde fights for power at court, danger lurks at every turn. Dying magic, missing gods, and kings who would burn them all. The three girls must risk losing everything to save their kingdom, including themselves, their hearts, and each other.
MJ Loves Spider-Man by Emma Lord (Random House/Marvel)
From the outside, 17-year-old Mary Jane Watson seems carefree and cool, the life of every party. In reality, she’s eager to escape her complicated home life. And that includes her crush on her next-door neighbor Peter Parker, whose super hero-sized secret might be too much to handle.
So when MJ gets punished for her "lack of commitment" at school, and an audition for a reoccurring character in a popular crime drama pops up, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to escape real life and live out her dream.
But then disaster the actors actually start committing the crimes written in the script, wreaking havoc all over New York City. Worse, Spider-Man can’t seem to remember who he is. As chaos ensues both on and off the set, MJ will have to step into the hero role and save everything she’s been running from... including those pesky feelings for a certain web-slinger.
Empire of Dreams by Melissa de la Cruz (Henry Holt)
June 22nd
We Won't Remember Your Name by Zoë Harris (Godwin Books) - description not yet updated on Goodreads.
Welcome to Fossbridge, where the only thing worse than being seen is disappearing in the crowd.
The Fossbridge School for Timid Girls exists outside of time and place. Here, girls frozen in their sixteenth year live for their moment of triumph and freedom: Graduation. Divided into tiers and kept on a strict schedule, memories of the outside world fade quickly as the rigid rules and complex social hierarchy that dominate the girls’ days take over. Success means winning not only the approval of their teachers but their rivals as well. Top girls Graduate to resume their forgotten lives, while others watch and wait for any opportunity to climb. And then there are Leavers—but we don’t really talk about them…
When two new arrivals dare to challenge Fossbridge’s delicate ecosystem, cracks begin to show in the school’s serene facade. Girls hear voices in their rooms at night, civilized debates turn to vicious brawls, and sabotage lurks in every corner—their crumbling sanctuary’s darkest secret is about to be unleashed. After all, the one eternal truth about Fossbridge is that timid girls can change.
June 29th
Hunt the Wild Night by Julia Alexandra (Wednesday Books)
Lush and fast-paced, Hunt the Wild Night plunges a disgraced huntress into a magical hedge maze that could redeem her, alongside the thief she’s hunted for years —the same boy who may be her only way out alive.
Once a decade, a rare Night Rift flower blooms inside a magical hedge maze and the Hunt begins…
Pyra has trained to protect the maze and harvest its magical plants her entire life. Now she has the chance to enter the deadly Hunt she’s waited for since she was a child. The same Hunt that took her mother ten years ago. Whomever finds the Night Rift flower gets a choice of power, truth, or healing, and many will stop at nothing to reach it first. Pyra seeks answers for her mother’s disappearance and redemption for a fatal mistake. But when she’s banned from the maze, Pyra is desperate enough to make a deal with Caro, the cunning maze thief she’s always failed to capture.
Caro hails from a rival territory known for stealing plants and experimenting with dark magic. If he reaches the Night Rift first, he will overturn the control Pyra’s people have held over the maze. Despite her sworn duty to apprehend him, Pyra can’t resist the allure of their familiar rivalry as huntress and thief. Together, they must survive the carnivorous plants, dangerous creatures, and deadly challenges that guard the Night Rift. They must outlast the other hunters, even if that means working with allies as secretive and desperate as they are. But Pyra’s greatest threat may not be the maze itself.
It may be the thief who’s been sent to kill her.
We are guardians. We are hunters. But we are always visitors, warned not to stay too long.
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