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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (MAY 7TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

Bite Me, Royce Taslim by Lauren Ho

The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve

Perfect Little Monsters by Cindy R.X. He

Better Must Come by Desmond Hall

Fifteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton

Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton

Spin of Fate by A.A. Vora

The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté

Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed

The Dare by Natasha Preston

Lie Until It's True by Jessie Weaver

Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jiménez

Dispatches from Parts Unknown by Bryan Bliss

Sunhead by Alex Assan

Eyes Open by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe & Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier

Malicia by Steven dos Santos

The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson

Queerceañera by Alex Crespo

Death's Country by R.M. Romero

Beastly Beauty by Jennifer Donnelly

Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff

NEW SEQUELS:

More Than This (The Davenports #2) by Krystal Marquis

Pulled Under (Sixteenth Summer #2) by Michelle Dalton

Swept Away (Sixteenth Summer #3) by Michelle Dalton

Burning Crowns (Twin Crowns #3) by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber

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Happy reading!

#New Releases #New Books #to-read #on books #on reading #book blog #book blogger #Features #Young Adult #yalit #May 2024 #Catherine Doyle #Katherine Webber #Michelle Dalton #Krystal Marquis #Jennifer Donnelly #R.M. Romero #Alex Crespo #Morgan Matson #Steven dos Santos #Maia Kobabe #Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier #Lyn Miller-Lachmann #Alex Assan #Bryan Bliss #Joe Jiménez #Jessie Weaver #Natasha Preston #Samira Ahmed #LaDarrion Williams

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David Cooper’s illustrated book cover for Zetta Elliott’s and Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s Moonwalking.

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Book Review - Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (🇨🇿 Czech Republic)

(image: Znojmo, Czech Republic; source: wikimedia commons)

Torch

Author: Lyn Miller-Lachmann

YA World Challenge Review for 🇨🇿 Czech Republic / newly Czechia / formerly Czechoslovakia

I had Czechia already in my queue for the world challenge per the randomizer, when this book fell right into my lap. I do still want to read Daughter of Smoke and Bone, set in Prague, which was my original pick. Torch being a historical novel set in communist Czechoslovakia is something completely different, and I'm sure my read pile can have room for both. :D

Review

Warning for suicide mention

The Prague Spring in 1968 Czechoslovakia brought unprecedented freedoms and a flood of previously banned Western media to the country. It was soon quashed by Soviet invasion. Torch opens in 1969, just after these happenings and after a university student, Jan Palach, sets himself on fire in protest (a true incident), signing a letter as “Torch No. 1″.

 In the book, Miller-Lachmann imagines a fictional secondary student name Pavol who follows in Palach’s footsteps, committing suicide by fire after the State takes away his dream of university. The book follows three other teenagers in Pavol’s orbit and the fallout of his decision on their lives.

Štěpán, a closeted gay hockey player, Tomáš, a geeky autistic son of Communist party elites, and Lída, Pavol’s girlfriend and life-long roamer due to her father’s alcoholism, were previously only connected by their friendship with Pavol. With Pavol’s final act of rebellion, they now find themselves under suspicion by the brutal state system that aims to crush and extinguish all dissent.

Besides, what had her father told her? This is how you survive with your soul intact. Never name anyone. You saw nothing. You heard nothing. You have nothing to say.

Like the Prague Spring’s dream for “socialism with a human face”, Miller-Lachmann gives us a tapestry of human faces amid the bleak, unforgiving world of 20th century communism. It was Pavol’s wish to reform the country from within, but In the face of failed revolution, the three teenagers must decide if love for country is worth more than their crushed dreams, under a government that views anything “different” as a crime. With Lída, pregnant with Pavol’s child, she must decide if she will allow the state to rob her child of any future, simply for the crimes of his father.

“It’s all right to be scared. We’re different. They don’t want us to be different here. They want us to be the same.”

This is an insightful look at Czechoslovakia of the time through the eyes of a cast of outcasts, with an action-filled ending and liberally sprinkled with Walt Whitman. I love the diversity of the cast, and the nuanced look at political views (for example, the characters are opposed to the harsh government censorship, while also wary of the rampant unemployment they have been taught exists in the capitalist West) at a complicated period in Czechoslovakia’s history.  I highly recommend it to anyone interested in historical fiction.

It releases on November 1, 2022.

Buy it at  Bookshop.org  |  Amazon

Genres: #friendship #activism #political #historical, 20th century 

Other reps: #gay #neurodivergent (autistic) #catholic

★  ★  ★  ★ 4 stars

Content warnings at Storygraph

Thanks to Netgalley and Lerner Publishing Group for an advanced copy.

#book review #czech republic #reading #bookaddict #booklr #czechoslovakia #ya world challenge #historical fiction #gay #neurodivergent #historical 20th century #political #activism #friendship #communism #eastern europe #europe #torch #lyn miller-lachmann

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Reluctant Reader Wednesday: Pardalita by Joana Estrela 

Pardalita is a quiet and thoughtful story about an introverted 16-year-old girl named Raquel who is growing up in a small town in Portugal. The story is about different moments in her past and present life, and her interactions with her family and friends. But it's also about her growing attraction for an artistic girl named Pardalita, and how when she joins a theater troupe they start getting closer. 

Give this graphic novel to teens who enjoy LGBTQ characters and quiet, subtle, and lovely stories!

#Reluctant Reader Wednesday #Pardalita #Joana Estrela #Lyn-Miller Lachmann #graphic novels #LGBT #LGBTQ #black and white #Kingsbridge Library #NYPL

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Young Adult Book Releases: May 2024

🦇 Good morning, my bookish bats. I hope you have a good book, hit cuppa, and sweet snack within reach! No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in May! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

🩷 May 7 🩷 ✨ The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve ✨ Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jiménez ✨ The Ballad of Darcy & Russell - Morgan Matson ✨ Pulled Under - Michelle Dalton ✨ Bite Me, Royce Taslim - Lauren Ho ✨ The Unboxing of a Black Girl - Angela Shanté ✨ Dispatches from Parts Unknown - Bryan Bliss ✨ Beastly Beauty - Jennifer Donnelly ✨ This Book Won't Burn - Samira Ahmed ✨ Perfect Little Monsters - Cindy R.X. He ✨ Sunhead - Alex Assan ✨ Lie Until It's True - Jessie Weaver ✨ Malicia by Steven dos Santos ✨ Blood at the Root - LaDarrion Williams ✨ Spin of Fate - A.A. Vora ✨ Death's Country - R. M. Romero ✨ Queerceañera by Alex Crespo ✨ Eyes Open - Lyn Miller-Lachmann ✨ Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding - Maia Kobabe, Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier

🩷 May 14 🩷 ✨ The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe ✨ A Crane Among Wolves - June Hur ✨ 10 Things I Hate About Prom - Elle Gonzalez Rose ✨ Blood & Fury - Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland ✨ The Dangerous Ones - Lauren Blackwood ✨ Beach Cute - Beth Reekles ✨ The Worst Perfect Moment by Shivaun Plozza ✨ True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina Li ✨ Flyboy by Kasey Leblanc ✨ Thirsty by Jas Hammonds ✨ It Waits in the Forest - Sarah Dass

🩷 May 21 🩷 ✨ Keeper of the Stones and Stars by Michael Barakiva ✨ We Mostly Come Out at Night ed. by Rob Costello ✨ Attached at the Hip - Christine Riccio ✨ The Quince Project - Jessica Parra ✨ I Wish You Would - Eva Des Lauriers ✨ Have You Seen This Girl by Nita Tyndall ✨ In the Shallows by Tanya Byrne ✨ Liar's Test - Ambelin Kwaymullina ✨ The Worst Ronin - Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer ✨ Wild About You - Kaitlyn Hill ✨ Summer Nights and Meteorites - Hannah Reynolds ✨ The Word - Mary G. Thompson

🩷 May 28 🩷 ✨ Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemore ✨ Another First Chance by Robbie Couch ✨ Don’t Be a Drag by Skye Quinlan ✨ Stay Dead - April Henry ✨ The Redemption of Daya Keane by Gia Gordon ✨ The Only Light Left Burning by Erik J. Brown

#ya books #young adult romance #young adult books #young adult fiction #young adult #ya romance #ya fantasy #ya fiction #batty about books #battyaboutbooks #book releases #book release

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Check This Out: Eyes Open

With me on the blog today is the fabulous, award-winning author, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, who is here to celebrate her latest young adult book, Eyes Open…Check This Out: Eyes Open

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'Torch'- Miller-Lachmann, Lyn

Disability Rep: Autism (MC1)

Genre: Historical Fiction

Age: Young Adult, Adult

Setting: Czechoslovakia, 1960s (1969 specifically)

Additional Rep: Pregnant Teen (MC2), Gay Male (MC3)

For more information on summaries, content warnings and additional tropes, see here:

#books #disability books #disability representation #disability #disabled characters #fiction #autism #historical fiction #lgbtq books #lgbtq+ #lgbtq characters #lgbtq representation #gay #gay character #czechoslovakia #1960s #young adult #young adult fiction

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And what if?

By Joana Estrela

Translated by Lyn-Miller Lachmann

#joana estrela #poetry #queer poetry #lgbt

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A Conversation with Lyn Miller-Lachmann, Author of TORCH: a YA Novel about Czechoslovakia, Resistance, and Hope

Guest Post by Terry Farish “Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don’t, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.”    a quote from Václav Havel Havel speaks to a crowd in Prague during the velvet revolution in 1989Photograph: Peter Turnley/Corbis: The Guardian, Dec 18, 2011 – Vaclav Havel: a life in pictures Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s YA novel…

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#a novel about resistance against tyranny #czechoslovakia #featured #Inspiration #Lynn Miller-Lachmann #resistance #Torch #writing #YA #young adult

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Pardalita by Joana Estrela

Pardalita by Joana Estrela, translated by Lyn-Miller Lachmann.  Levine Querido, c2021, 2023. 9781646142569  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback graphic novel Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? 16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal.  She has two good friends and, after dating a boy, finds herself drawn to the new senior…

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#Levine Querido

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New Young Adult Releases! (April 18th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Pieces of Me by Kate McLaughlin

Take by Jennifer Bradbury

A Hunger of Thorns by Lili Wilkinson

Alondra by Gina Femia

Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle

If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

Hot Dutch Daydream by Kristy Boyce

I Kick & I Fly by Ruchira Gupta 

Pardalita by Joana Estrela (Translated by Lyn Miller Lachmann)

The Cherished by Patricia Ward

New Sequels:

The Song of Wrath (The Bones of Ruin #2) by Sarah Raughley

Snow & Poison (Cinder & Glass #2) by Melissa de la Cruz

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Happy reading!

#books #bookish #booklr #bookstagram #book blog #book blogger #Features #on books #on reading #read #reader #reading #tbr #to-read #new books #new releases #april 2023 #yalit #yareads #young adult #melissa de la cruz #sarah raughley #patricia ward #lyn miller lachmann #ruchira gupta #kristy boyce #robbie couch #margarita engle #gina femia #lili wilkinson

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Finally finished some fanart of the book “Rogue” by Lyn Miller-Lachmann!

For whatever reason, I envisioned Kiara as having more spiky hair, but I based her hair moreso on the book description. This is probably when she first meets Chad, and is introducing herself to him when he first moves in.

Dammit, I know his house has wooden stairs, not cement stairs as portrayed in the picture! Gaaaah! 

Everyone go read this book. 

#rogue (novel) #lyn miller-lachmann #rock a noodle art

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Hello!

I was wondering if you had any good recommendations for books containing disability/disabled characters? Fiction or non fiction. I'm trying to put together a little disability literature resource, and I've occasionally seen you share some books on it. I thought your blog would be an excellent place to come to for some more global ones!

Thank you, and I hope your reading is going well!

Oh wow, I haven't been making many lists lately so I'm not searching out books as much as I used to. But here are some more global/non-US ones that I know of/have gathered from various lists ( I haven't read all of these but most are on my TBR if I haven't.) I'd love to see your resource when you're finished!

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (India) A girl must relearn to dance with her new prosthetic.

One for All by Lillie Lainoff  (France) In 17th-century France a girl with POTS/chronic dizziness wants to become a Musketeer.

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf (Malaysia) A girl with OCD must survive riots in 1960s Malaysia to find her mother.

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack (medieval Khazaria) A Jewish girl defies angels to find her twin a cure for his leprosy.

The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani (fantasy N. Africa/Arabia-ish series) A girl with clubfoot teams up with a thief to tackle child trafficking.

The Library of the Dead by TL Huchu (Scotland, diverse heritages, series) Magical mysteries with a wisecracking wheelchair-user secondary character.

I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork (Mexican-American) Contemporary novel about an undocumented boy developing schizophrenia.

Scar of the Bamboo Leaf by Sieni A.M (Samoa) A girl with a limp finds a relationship with a delinquent newcomer boy.

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria) A woman with cybernetic enhancements due to disability finds herself on the run.

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (Nigeria) A girl with albinism discovers that she has magical powers.

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis (Netherlands) An autistic girl worries about being chosen for a survival group before an apocalypse.

Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali (Qatar) Romance where the love interest has multiple sclerosis

Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Czechoslovakia) 3 teens try to escape communism, including an autistic boy whose father threatens institutionalization.

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray (pan-African fantasy series) One of the main characters has OCD.

Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe (Lithuania) A bipolar teen and her estranged father search for their heritage in Lithuania.

Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (Australia) Short romance with 2 disabled trans people.

Russian Doll by Cristelle Comby (Swiss author, set in London) Series of mysteries with a duo of private detectives, 1 of whom is blind.

Crazy by Benjamin Lebert (Germany) Autobiographical coming-of-age, the MC has partial paralysis

#disability #asks

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I’m writing a new book and I’m freakin’ excited about it!

I haven’t written a book in about a year but I was inspired when my mom told me to, “Find my niche” in writing, since I told her I want to be a writer when I get older.

Here’s some background. When I was in middle school, I read the book, “Rogue” by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, a book about a young girl with autism.

That was the first time I’d ever read a book with a good autistic character in it, let alone an autistic girl. It was incredible for me to read at the time and it had an impact on me now.

But I thought to myself, “Are there any books out there about queer autistic girls?” And the answer ended up being, “No”. So, I thought, “Why don’t I write that?”

And so I am! It’s in the works now and it’s called, “One Day At A Time”. It’s gonna be published on Wattpad (Don’t bully me, please. I’ve just been using it for so long that I don’t want to change to another platform).

It’s a friends to lovers book, which is always great. Here’s the description:

“Ava Graham, an autistic teenager with a passion for dragons, fantasy, and "The Elderscrolls V: Skyrim".

Lilly Miller, Ava's best friend since childhood who has a love for all things art and the outdoors.

Since middle school, Lilly has had a not-so-small crush on Ava, a crush that Ava herself is obvious to.

Through the help of her friends and time spent together after school, Ava experiences one of the strangest parts of life, something that's never crossed her mind: love and what it's like to fall in it.

But she doesn't rush anything, she's never been the type to rush. She takes everything one day at a time.”

I might do a post at another time talking about the characters and showing them, since my sister helped me with character design and made them all in “Picrew”.

So yeah! I’m super excited about this! :D

All posts about it will be tagged as, “m’s one day at a time” to keep things organized!

#m’s one day at a time #writing #original book #autism #autistic main character #lgbt #lgbtq books #wattpad writer #wattpad #wlw #friends to lovers #autistic author #actually autistic #long post

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Where To?

People travel for many reasons. They visit friends and family, meet new people, explore new places, reconnect with familiar places, or even just enjoy the movement from one place to another. In these fantastic books, characters get to know themselves better by leaving home. If you’re ready for an excellent journey, grab one of these titles soon.

American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Crystal’s Review

A heartwrenching YA coming of age story about three siblings on a road trip in search of healing.

With a strong family, the best friend a guy could ask for, and a budding romance with the girl of his dreams, life shows promise for Teodoro “T” Avila. But he takes some hard hits the summer before senior year when his nearly perfect brother, Manny, returns from a tour in Iraq with a devastating case of PTSD. In a desperate effort to save Manny from himself and pull their family back together, T’s fiery sister, Xochitl, hoodwinks her brothers into a cathartic road trip.

Told through T’s honest voice, this is a candid exploration of mental illness, socioeconomic pressures, and the many inescapable highs and lows that come with growing up—including falling in love.

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Riverdale Avenue Books

Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that’s going to help her figure out this whole “Puerto Rican lesbian” thing. She’s interning with the author of her favorite book: Harlowe Brisbane, the ultimate authority on feminism, women’s bodies, and other gay-sounding stuff.

Will Juliet be able to figure out her life over the course of one magical summer? Is that even possible? Or is she running away from all the problems that seem too big to handle?

With more questions than answers, Juliet takes on Portland, Harlowe, and most importantly, herself.

Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi Viking Books for Young Readers Crystal’s Review

Scott Ferdowsi has a track record of quitting. Writing the Great American Novel? Three chapters. His summer internship? One week. His best friends know exactly what they want to do with the rest of their lives, but Scott can hardly commit to a breakfast cereal, let alone a passion.

With college applications looming, Scott’s parents pressure him to get serious and settle on a career path like engineering or medicine. Desperate for help, he sneaks off to Washington, DC, to seek guidance from a famous professor who specializes in grit, the psychology of success.

He never expects an adventure to unfold out of what was supposed to be a one-day visit. But that’s what Scott gets when he meets Fiora Buchanan, a ballsy college student whose life ambition is to write crossword puzzles. When the bicycle she lends him gets Scott into a high-speed chase, he knows he’s in for the ride of his life. Soon, Scott finds himself sneaking into bars, attempting to pick up girls at the National Zoo, and even giving the crossword thing a try—all while opening his eyes to fundamental truths about who he is and who he wants to be.

Surviving Santiago by Lyn Miller-Lachmann Running Press Kids Crystal’s Reivew

Returning to her homeland of Santiago, Chile, is the last thing that Tina Aguilar wants to do during the summer of her sixteenth birthday. It has taken eight years for her to feel comfort and security in America with her mother and her new husband. And it has been eight years since she has last seen her father.

Despite insisting on the visit, Tina’s father spends all his time focused on politics and alcohol rather than connecting with Tina, making his betrayal from the past continue into the present. Tina attracts the attention of a mysterious stranger, but the hairpin turns he takes her on may push her over the edge of truth and discovery.

The tense, final months of the Pinochet regime in 1989 provide the backdrop for author Lyn Miller-Lachmann’s suspenseful tale of the survival and redemption of the Aguilar family, first introduced in the critically acclaimed Gringolandia.

Solo by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess Blink

From award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess, comes Solo, a YA novel written in poetic verse. Solo tells the story of seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, whose life is bombarded with scathing tabloids and a father struggling with just about every addiction under the sun—including a desperate desire to make a comeback. Haunted by memories of his mother and his family’s ruin, Blade’s only hope is in the forbidden love of his girlfriend. But when he discovers a deeply protected family secret, Blade sets out on a journey across the globe that will change everything he thought to be true. With his signature intricacy, intimacy, and poetic style, Kwame Alexander explores what it means to finally come home.

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan Little Brown and Company Crystal’s Review

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.

Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.

Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman Simon Pulse

Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin.

But then Kiko doesn’t get into Prism, at the same time her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her small town and tour art schools on the west coast, Kiko jumps at the opportunity in spite of the anxieties and fears that attempt to hold her back. And now that she is finally free to be her own person outside the constricting walls of her home life, Kiko learns life-changing truths about herself, her past, and how to be brave.

From debut author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes a luminous, heartbreaking story of identity, family, and the beauty that emerges when we embrace our true selves.

Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Tu Books Audrey’s Review

When Odilia and her four sisters find a dead body in the swimming hole, they embark on a hero’s journey to return the dead man to his family in Mexico. But returning home to Texas turns into an odyssey that would rival Homer’s original tale.

With the supernatural aid of ghostly La Llorona via a magical earring, Odilia and her little sisters travel a road of tribulation to their long-lost grandmother’s house. Along the way, they must outsmart a witch and her Evil Trinity: a wily warlock, a coven of vicious half-human barn owls, and a bloodthirsty livestock-hunting chupacabras. Can these fantastic trials prepare Odilia and her sisters for what happens when they face their final test, returning home to the real world, where goddesses and ghosts can no longer help them?

Summer of the Mariposas is not just a magical Mexican American retelling of The Odyssey, it is a celebration of sisterhood and maternal love.

#YALit #Roadtrips