More New Book Deals of NoteThis week’s offerings include
Danica Nava’s
Sunflower Season, in which a Native American tech executive trades her job to reconnect with her hometown;
Forrest Gander’s Weight of a Frozen Moment, a coming-of-age novel about two sisters growing up in a utopian community in the Sierra Nevadas; and
We Were Forbidden, a collection of three novellas by
Jacqueline Harpman, the late Belgian author behind the BookTok sensation
I Who Have Never Known Men.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
The Gods Will Sing Our Song by
Autumn Krause, a YA historical fantasy pitched as
Divine Rivals meets
Lovely War, about two Japanese American teenagers in a WWII incarceration camp, who collide with ancient magic and confront heart-wrenching injustices;
Tara Dairman’s
We Are the Devils, a darkly humorous YA novel about five cheerleaders who resolve to bully a new teammate off the squad—until that teammate's violent agenda starts to transform their lens on femininity, perfection, and themselves; and
Livia Blackburne’s middle grade fiction debut,
Echoes Across the Water, set in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War, in which two girls, one in Mao’s China and one in Kuomintang-ruled Taiwan, find their lives intertwined through dreams as they navigate a secret that may heal their families or tear them apart.
Random House Bags Barkan’s Look at Mamdani’s Ascent
