Advance Praise for And She Was:"Verdi just gets better and better with every book. And She Was is a beautiful, multilayered journey of love, understanding, and empathy that made me want to be a better daughter, ally, and person." Dahlia Adler, author of Under the Lights"A heart-tugging, powerful story of family, identity, and the struggle for acceptance. A beautiful novel that treats every moment with incredible care, Jessica Verdi's latest is a different kind of love story one about loving yourself, your family, and your life. And it features my favorite mother-daughter relationship since Gilmore Girls." Corey Ann Haydu, author of OCD Love Story"An engrossing story about the collision of big, grand dreams and long-held life-saving family secrets. I could not stop turning pages and cheering for Dara." Caela Carter, author of Tumbling"And She Was took me right back to my adolescence, a time when I was struggling to come to terms with my trans parent's identity while figuring out my own." Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Sharon ShattuckPraise for What You Left Behind:* "Verdi eloquently details the trials and tribulations of being a single teen dad... [Verdi] holds nothing back... An excellent addition to YA collections." School Library Journal, starred reviewPraise for The Summer I Wasn't Me:"This title is recommended as a quality piece of fiction in a teen collection, and especially as part of an LGBTQ collection." VOYA MagazinePraise for My Life After Now:"Debut author Verdi paints Lucy's devastation and her tangled emotions with honesty and compassion... Information about living with HIV is peppered throughout, but Verdi's novel never preaches, instead telling Lucy's story with realism and hope." Publishers Weekly
In Amy Ewing’s wildly original fantasy novel The Cerulean, out today, Sera lives among the Cerulean people in the City Above the Sky. Sera is a curious, questioning girl who doesn’t fit into their Sapphic world order. She’s chosen as the sacrifice needed to break the bond between her aerial home and the planet it’s tethered […]
March releases came in like a lion, and they’re leaving like one, too. These twelve YAs span the spectrum of relationships, from newly formed best friend trios who meet by chance but could only be fate to families harboring secrets that could tear them apart. College-set YA adds new life lessons to the mix, and […]
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a month start off with a bang like this March does, and the hits just keep on coming until the very end. Get your fill of incredible debuts, mindblowing fantasy, beautifully quiet contemporary, an anthology of unforgettable girls, and books guaranteed to shatter your heart.
Fantasy novels may tend to have the highest profile in YA lit, but as much as I love them, contemporary will always have my heart. Whether it’s a coming of age, a heart-fluttery romance, a pitch-perfect friendship story, a heart-racing thriller, a tearjerking examination of grief and tragedy, or an empowering and inspiring look at […]