May 2027 New Releases

 

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Black Girl, Jump by Charlene Thomas (Dutton)
A popular body cream makes all girls sparkle, but it doesn’t work on Black skin. Bryn is the only Black girl on her volleyball team, at her school, practically in her whole town—and she can’t shine like the other girls.

Then she gets an invitation in the mail—cryptic and exclusive. An all-girls’ retreat wants Bryn to join them for the summer, and it’s the chance Bryn has been wishing for. A chance to be anywhere else.

Bryn is The Only when she arrives at the retreat, too. At least makeup is banned; at least she isn’t the only one whose skin doesn’t twinkle.

Here, she discovers a river in the woods. A tranquil, skin-boiling river in the woods. That swallows her with the heat of a blue flame whenever she jumps into it. But, each time she survives Hell, it spits her out shining. And the water left behind makes the other girls sparkle, too.

They want it. They need it. They can’t live without it, without her.

Bryn wants it, too. To be needed. To be beautiful. So she jumps. So she burns. So she shines.

This wonderland is a miracle. This wonderland is a curse. This wonderland is surreal, and it doesn’t make sense. But look around—at the world we’re living in—and tell me: these days, what does?

May 1st
How the Goode Girls Died by Alyssa Sheinmel (Roaring Brook Press) - moved from October 2026.
Luisa Beguiristaín at Roaring Brook has bought, at auction, Alyssa Sheinmel's How the Goode Girls Died, a YA suspense novel about a girl who's thrust into the mystery of her neighbors' deaths and blackmailed by the forces behind her school's anonymous gossip app into investigating even how she deals with the loss of her own mother. Publication is planned for fall 2026; Stuti Telidevara and Peter Knapp at Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management did the two-book deal for North American rights.

May 4th
Merciful is the Dark by Sophie Clark (Knopf) - description not yet updated on Goodreads, moved from November 2026.
In the romantic and devestating sequel to Cruel is the Light, desire and danger have become inseparable. But for a soldier and the demon she cannot bear to lose, even love can be a weapon, and survival may demand the ultimate sacrifice.

Rome is drowning in shadows. The Vatican’s masked enforcers prowl its streets. Demons whisper about broken gods. And Selene Alleva–once called the Butcher of Rome–stands at the center of the storm. 

Only one thing steadies her: Jules Lacroix, soldier, heir, and demon. Together they burn against the dark, their love forged in defiance of everything the Vatican holds sacred. But secrets can cut deeper than a blade, and when betrayal rises and assassins strike from the alleys, Selene and Jules are faced with an impossible choice: save the Rome she swore to protect–or the forbidden love they risked everything for. 

A Missing Frame of Time by Alexis Castellanos (Bloomsbury)
Alex Borbolla at Bloomsbury has acquired A Missing Frame of Time by Alexis Castellanos. In this gothic YA novel pitched as Divine Rivals meets The Hacienda, modern-day Camila is transported to 1895 Cuba, where she must solve a centuries-old family mystery to return to her time, discovering dark secrets, magic, and love along the way. Publication is scheduled for spring 2027; Marietta B. Zacker at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency brokered the deal for world English rights.

May 18th
The Fate of Winged Creatures by Andrea Hannah (Wednesday Books) - moved from December 2026.
The myth of Eros and Psyche meets The Tortured Poets Department in this YA romantic fantasy spanning multiple time loops and one star-crossed relationship.

Beck Penrose is living on borrowed time. With her eighteenth birthday looming, it’s her final chance to be claimed by one of the Greater Angels. If Beck fails, she’ll be sent to the Ravine, where the worst criminals are sentenced to a life of labor and exile.

When Beck’s last-ditch plea for patronage goes horribly wrong, she’s met with a shocking discovery—one that calls into question not only the Angels, but the very fabric of her existence. Leaning on an enigmatic boy who stirs up more questions than answers, she is forced to navigate a series of dangerous, god-forged time loops to uncover the truth.

And as the fate of winged creatures hangs in the balance, Beck must make the impossible decision between an inevitable end and her fatalistic heart.

May 25th
Pull by Alex London and L. Fury (Greenwillow Books) - YA graphic memior, moved from April 2026 and October 2026.
A powerful graphic memoir about the year Alex London became a skeet shooting champion and nearly lost everything. This is a story of how we survive—together. Pull is for readers of Hey Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka, Ducks by Kate Beaton, and Flamer by Mike Curato.

When he was fifteen, Alex London was keeping a secret. He kept it from his friends, from his conservative prep school, and from his family. Especially his dad, who tried so hard to connect with him, even as Alex pulled away. They seemed to have so little in common. Until his dad gave him a shotgun. On the skeet shooting range, that gun brought him closer to his dad, closer to feeling like a man, and to his first feelings of real excellence.

But it didn’t make him brave enough to stop hiding who he really was. And it didn’t stop him from fearing what would happen if he was found out. His gun offered another solution. One that was irreversible, irrevocable, and terrifying, just a trigger pull away. A trigger pull he couldn’t stop thinking about.

Pull is the memoir of acclaimed author Alex London, strikingly illustrated in an impactful two-color format by comic artist L. Fury, illustrator of Run by John Lewis.

A Summoning of Fate by Sasa Hawk (Storytide) - moved from Fall 2026.