October 2027 New Releases

 

 

 

October 5th
Lady Spider by O.O. Sangoyomi (Page Street)
Spending the summer in New Orleans, Deja Freeman hopes for rest—but instead finds herself tangled deeper in the esoteric magic of the Web. There is a power growing inside her that threatens to drain her life.

All clues point to Lady Spider—the elusive creator of the Web—so Deja and her friends embark on a search across New Orleans and Sweetwater, uncovering more unsettling details about mentiscape, the drug that claimed Deja’s mother’s life.

But when Deja realizes she’s been weaving without a true connection to the Web, she’s faced with a sinister truth. Surviving it may depend on finally resolving things with her family and friends—and facing her complex feelings about her late mother.

October 12th
Passé It On by Danielle Chuatico (Random House Graphic) - YA graphic novel, description, moved from November 2025.

In this moving debur graphic novel, A teenage girl’s dream comes true when she moves to New York to pursue ballet—only to discover that juggling her passions and responsibilities is harder than she imagined.

Jaime is poised for a big breakthrough in ballet—she’s just moved from the Phillippines to New York to focus on dance and it feels like the world is finally opening up for her. So why does it feel like she’s falling short?

In a world where just one wrong move can make or break your dreams, Jaime finds herself exactly where she wanted to be—but at what cost? As her school life, friendships and anxities fall out of balance, who can she rely on to help her back up? And what happens if this is the best she can ever do?




October 26th
We Kill the Flame by Tamara Cole (Quill Tree Books) - moved from June 2025, then from April 2026.
Karen Chaplin at HarperCollins/Quill Tree has acquired, at auction, Tamara Cole's debut novel We Kill the Flame, pitched as We Were Liars meets Euphoria in the vein of Gillian Flynn for Gen Z, a YA psychological thriller about a Black girl from a wealthy family built on a legacy of lies who must unravel the dark truths leading up to and after the night of her debutante ball where she was almost murdered, before the killer strikes again. Publication is set for 2025; Natalie Lakosil at Looking Glass Literary & Media negotiated the deal for North American rights.