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Sponsored by The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta, published by Candlewick Press

Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is baking at the Proud Muffin, a queer bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd’s breakup brownies . . . breaks up. Even Vin and Alec, who own the Proud Muffin. And their breakup might take the bakery down with it. Being dumped is one thing; causing ripples of queer heartbreak through the community is another.

Sponsored by Inkyard Press

For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small town. As the team’s varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. But when his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Rus faces an impossible choice: speak up or live in fear.

Sponsored by Penguin Teen

It’s been one year since Edie’s mother died. But her ghost has never left. According to her GG, it’s tradition that the dead of the Mitchell family linger with the living. But Edie, whose pain over losing her mother is still fresh, has no interest in her family’s legacy as local “witches.”

When her mother’s teenage journal tumbles into her life, her family’s mystical inheritance becomes too hard to ignore. It takes Edie on a scavenger hunt to find objects that once belonged to her mother, each one imbued with a different memory-where she watches her teenage mom mourn, love, and hope just as Edie herself is now doing.

Sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman.

For over three hundred years the Owens family has been cursed in love. But now the youngest member of the Owens clan—faced with disaster—is determined to break the curse by any means necessary. Tracking her across Europe, three generations of the Owens family must come together to find her before she’s lost forever. From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes The Book of Magic, a breathtaking sequel and conclusion to the treasured Practical Magic series that ultimately stands on its own as an unforgettable tale of family, fate, and—of course—magic.

Sponsored by Inkyard Press

Liora has spent her life in hiding, knowing discovery could mean falling prey to the king’s warlock, Darius, who uses mages’ magic to grow his own power. But when her worst nightmare comes to pass, Darius doesn’t take her. Instead, he demands that her younger sister return to the capital with him. To make matters worse, Evran, Liora’s childhood friend and the only one who knows her secret, goes missing following Darius’s visit, leaving her without anyone to turn to. To find Evran and to save her sister, Liora must embrace the power she has always feared.

Sponsored by Little Thieves by Margaret Owen with Fierce Reads

“A wild, adventurous romp that will leave you breathless at every turn.” —Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl . . . Margaret Owen, author of The Merciful Crow series, crafts a delightfully irreverent retelling of “The Goose Girl” about stolen lives, thorny truths, and the wicked girls at the heart of both.

Sponsored by Harper Perennial, publisher of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy

From “master of clever misdirection” (Kirkus Reviews) Aimee Molloy, author of the New York Times bestseller The Perfect Mother, comes Goodnight Beautiful, an irresistible psychological thriller featuring a newly married woman whose life is turned upside down when her husband goes missing.

Showcasing Molloy’s deft ability to subvert norms and culminating in the kind of stunning twist that is becoming her trademark, Goodnight Beautiful is a thrilling tale of domestic suspense that not only questions assumptions but defies expectations.

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Sponsored by Tor Books

God is dead, his corpse hidden beneath Mordew.

Young Nathan Treeves ekes out a living by picking treasures from the Living Mud. Until his desperate mother sells him to the mysterious Master of Mordew.

The Master feeds upon the corpse of God for power. But Nathan, despite his fear, has his own strength—and it is greater than the Master has ever known.

As the Master begins to scheme against him, Nathan must fight his way through the secrets of the city where God was murdered.

The compulsively readable Mordew is a strange, new, and terrifyingly alive epic fantasy.

Sponsored by Underlined

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a breathtaking story about a town, its tragedies, and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Emory’s junior year is starting, and Mill Haven is reeling from the accident that killed Candy MontClaire: the same accident that revealed just how bad her brother’s drug habit was. Everyone’s telling Emmy who she is, but so much has changed—how can she be the same person? Mill Haven wants Emmy, Joey, and everyone else to live one story. But Emmy’s beginning to see that people are more than they appear.