Hitting shelves next week are a picture book about savoring the present, a middle grade historical novel set amid the 1965 L.A. riots, and a YA novel in which a teen struggles with family and food.
What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum. Delacorte, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-553-53568-6. In this YA novel, set one month after the death of her father in a car accident, high school junior Kit Lowell is beginning to realize that “grief not only morphs time, but space too.”
The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide by Chris Colfer. Little, Brown, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-316-35589-6. In the conclusion to the bestselling Land of Stories series, the protagonists have plenty of chaos to manage when fairy tale characters are no longer confined to their home worlds.
Black Belt Bunny by Jacky Davis, illus. by Jay Fleck. Dial, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-525-42902-9. In this picture book, an off-page narrator introduces the titular character, a small, energetic rabbit seen wearing a white gi.
You May Already Be a Winner by Ann Dee Ellis. Dial, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-101-99385-9. The protagonist of this middle grade novel has a plan to win a million dollars and get her family out of their trailer park.
It All Comes Down to This by Karen English. Clarion, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-544-83957-1. Set against the backdrop of the 1965 Los Angeles riots, this middle grade novel explores an African-American girl’s awakening to racial division in her community. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Hello, Sunshine by Leila Howland. Hyperion, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-2545-0. In this YA novel, after Becca Harrington is rejected by every college she applies to, she moves to Los Angeles with a single goal: become an actress within a year, hoping it will boost her resume when she reapplies for school.
Haunt Me by Liz Kessler. Candlewick, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-7636-9162-2. Kessler (Read Me Like a Book) complicates a traditional love triangle in unexpected and moving ways, alternating between the perspectives of two 16-year-olds.
The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan. Dial, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-8037-4052-5. Eighteen-year-old Briggs Henry spends the summer after his high school graduation in South Haven, Mich., as live-in help for a strong-willed 84-year-old Serbian widow, in this coming-of-age YA novel.
The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller. HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-245671-7. Matt, a gay high school junior, is bent on uncovering the reason his older sister, Maya, suddenly left town after meeting up with senior soccer star Tariq, while also struggling with his own eating disorder. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Now by Antoinette Portis. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-62672-137-1. In this picture book, the young female protagonist celebrates living in each moment.
All the Ways the World Can End by Abby Sher. Feiwel and Friends, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-374-30425-6. In this YA novel, a girl who struggles with anxiety about the potential for the world to end learns knew ways of coping with her fear.
The Merciless III: Origins of Evil by Danielle Vega. Razorbill, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-448-49352-7. In the third Merciless volume, the YA horror novel acts as a prequel, sharing the backstory of a teenage girl named Brooklyn.
For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of July, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.
