Spring Children’s Preview
FEBRUARY 2, 2026 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 51
From Another Tongue by Yevgenia Nayberg (Holiday House/Porter)
Such a Witch by Sarah Henning (July 1, $12.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-58436-4). At Raven’s Head School for the Magically Gifted, popular queen bee Embry must take the new vampire student under her wing and solve a murder mystery. Ages 12 and up. How to Love You When You’re Gone by Gabriela Gonzales (May 26, $12.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-58605-4). High school senior Mayte tries to hold her family together while falling for the last boy she’d ever expect to have feelings for. Ages 13–17. King of Nothing by Nathanael Lessore (Mar. 10, $12.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-58856-0) is a YA comedy about an unlikely connection between two very different teen boys as they grapple with crushes, toxic friendships, and the true meaning of masculinity. Ages 13–17. Blue Beach by Karyn Parsons (June 9, $19.99, ISBN 978-0-316-57575-1). When teenager Blue finds a murdered girl on her family’s California beach—the only Black beach in 1929 Santa Monica—the discovery reveals the racism, segregation, and colorism rampant in her world. Ages 14 and up. May the Dead Keep You by Jill Baguchinsky (Apr. 21, $19.99, ISBN 978-0-316-58627- 6). This gothic horror novel inspired by Wuthering Heights explores the pasts that haunt us and the stories we decide to make for ourselves. Ages 14 and up.
The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue by Zoulfa Katouh (June 23, $19.99, ISBN 978-0-316- 35194-2). A Syrian American girl turns her grief into searing public art as she paints murals of her late mother’s life in Syria. Ages 14 and up. The Revenge Playbook by Rimma Onoseta (July 21, $19.99, ISBN 978-1-64375-192-4). Uyai and Fiyin, roommates at Blue Waters Secondary School in Nigeria, team up to take down the boy who hurt them. Ages 14 and up. Six Must Die by Victoria Wlosok (Mar. 10, $19.99, ISBN 978-0-316-51037-0). A frac- tured group of friends must fight for survival when they find themselves in a killer escape room in rural Tennessee. Ages 14 and up. Series What the Dinosaurs Did stomps along with What the Dinosaurs Did on Halloween by Refe and Susan Tuma (July 1, $18.99, ISBN 978-0-316-57753-3), ages 4–6. Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris, illus. by Marissa Valdez, welcomes Maya’s Big Question (Mar. 3, $18.95, ISBN 978-0-316- 56134-1), ages 6–8. New to Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste is Kid X (Feb. 24, $17.99, ISBN 978-1-64375-382-9), ages 8–12. Which Way to Anywhere by Cressida Cowell closes with Which Way to the Future (May 19, $9.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-60248-8), ages 8–12. The Gilded Blade (July 28, $21.99, ISBN 978- 0-316-59308-3) is the finale to Grandest
Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, ages 14 and up. Thieves & Kings by M.K. Lobb gains To Deal with Kings (Mar. 24, $19.99, ISBN 978- 0-316-57551-5), ages 14 and up. And Thirstwood by Elly Blake adds The Cursed Queen’s Daughter (Feb. 10, $19.99, ISBN 978- 0-316-39602-8), ages 14 and up. Little, Brown/LB Ink Bad Kid: My Life as a Troubled Teen by Sofia Szamosi (Mar. 10, $18.99 paper, ISBN 978-1- 64375-197-9). This graphic memoir offers an account of the so-called troubled teen industry, and exposes and humanizes the harrowing experience of many young people in behavioral correction facilities. Ages 8–12. Queer and How We Got Here: A (Personal) History by Hazel Newlevant (May 12, $18.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-27422-7). In seeking to understand their identity, Hazel shares their personal story and takes readers on a parallel journey through queer history. Ages 8–12. Before We Wake by Sophia Glock (Feb. 24, $18.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-45903-7) focuses on a paranormal romance that plays out between a girl’s waking life and a world of lucid dreams that sparkles in full color. Ages 14 and up. Series To the Stars and Back by Peglo concludes with To the Stars and Back, Vol. 2 (May 26, $21.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-316-58754-9), ages 13–17.
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