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This is going to be fun 😎📚Calling all west coast book nerds! If you’re in Seattle, San Francisco, or LA, join four YA au...
06/08/2026

This is going to be fun 😎📚

Calling all west coast book nerds! If you’re in Seattle, San Francisco, or LA, join four YA authors for some fun summer book events in the last week of June. Check the slides for dates, locations, and the fun FREE crafts we’ll be doing!

More details and RSVP pages are at the link in ’ bio. See you at the bookstore! 📖🩷

05/29/2026

It was just an ARC, ok???

Starring ’s THE MONSTERS WE MADE, on sale 6/23! Don’t actually throw it out!!!

(And don’t ask how many times we had to dumpster dive to get the shot…)

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05/06/2026

“She’d traded the weight of her fear for the weight of her pack.” 🏔️🥾🔥

WE BECAME WILD is a gritty debut YA novel that “explores the wild—in our hearts and in nature, deftly excavating joy hidden beneath the rubble of grief” (Rebekah Faubion).

After Val dies tragically, former best friends Lottie and Messina learn she had planned to hike the Pacific Crest Trail and set off into the desert—woefully underprepared—to fulfill her dream. But without Val playing peacekeeper, the girls are at each other’s throats and the secrets they carry are heavier than their packs. They’ll have to repair their trust in each other, and themselves, if they’re going to survive.

For fans of Mindy McGinnis and Kathleen Glasgow, WE BECAME WILD is a fierce story of what it means to be a woman alone in the world.

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌎🍃 How are you taking care of our home today?

04/20/2026

What a time! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth, said hello, checked out books, came to The Flock meet-up, and shared the book love this weekend! 🩷📚

See you next year! 👋

03/25/2026

Chag Sameach! ✡️

Dara Horn’s ONE LITTLE GOAT is the perfect literary companion this Passover. Illustrated by , this inventive graphic novel is “a deeply timely lesson about Jewish history and resilience, and about just how special and magical Jewish traditions can be” (Kveller).

For all ages, available wherever books are sold!

03/17/2026

Disclaimer: HEARTBREAK AND OTHER ORGAN FAILURES doesn’t have anything Irish in it… but the cover is green! 🍀

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from NYR 💚

03/13/2026

Celebrate Black history and women’s history with this smart, powerful story of a young Black girl discovering the strength of her voice 💖

Hope and her Mama are on their way to participate in a protest. While also navigating a discriminatory experience from her classroom, Hope is unsure how she fits into this movement and how she can make her voice heard. But as she connects with Black women who have exercised their right to protest over the years, Hope sees herself in them and discovers that one voice, no matter how small, can make powerful change.

THE MARCH FOR HOPE is written by and illustrated by . For ages 4-8. Available now wherever books are sold!

01/02/2026

Adventure, mystery, and magic await in the new series for ages 8-12, Codebreakers by Alexandra Ott! 💫

Join Emma and her new friends, the Codebreakers, as they decode ancient clues to find the location of magical artifacts. In THE WISH RING CIPHER (on shelves 2/3/26), Emma starts at a new middle school after receiving an autism diagnosis. When she stumbles upon classmates who love ciphers and codes as much as she does, she’ll learn that the unique way she sees the world is just what the friends need to crack the codes—and quickly, before the nefarious rival group The Division gets to them first.

THE WISH RING CIPHER kicks off the Codebreakers series on February 3, 2026. Get your copy wherever you buy books!

Cover art by Jared MacPherson ()

12/01/2025

Today is World AIDS Day, designated in 1988 to commemorate and raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic. 🕯️

Mark Lowe Fisher was a gay man and member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) who turned his own death from AIDS into a powerful political protest. He died on October 29, 1992. He was 39 years old.

Learn more powerful true stories of the people affected by AIDS and those who fought for justice in FIGHT AIDS by , a powerful narrative of the AIDS epidemic and the art and activism it inspired. Recommended for ages 14+.

“A comprehensive sociopolitical history fo the HIV/AIDS epidemic through an American lens… This work will provide readers with hope as they learn about their fierce ancestors who fought for dignity in the face of institutionalized homophobia from the government and medical establishment… Informative, heartbreaking, and inspiring.” —Kirkus Reviews

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