I take the 2nd Friday of every month to highlight some upcoming releases I am looking forward to that I hope are Future Favorites. Feel free to do your own post, just please link back to my blog and tell me about your post in the comments.
In April I read and fell in love with Celine Kiernan's Begone the Raggedy Witches. I can not wait to read the sequel. (And pretty much anything else Celine Kiernan wants to write ever.)
The old queen and her raggedy witches have fled Witches Borough, and Mup’s family has moved into the cold, newly empty castle. But the queen’s legacy lingers in the fear and mistrust of her former subjects and in the memories that live in the castle’s very walls. While Mup’s mam tries to restore balance to a formerly oppressed world, Mup herself tries to settle into her strange new home with her dad, Tipper, and Crow. When an enchanted snow blankets the castle, Mup’s family is cut off from the rest of the kingdom, and the painful memories of the old queen’s victims begin to take form, thanks to a ghost whose power may be too much for even Mup and Mam to handle. Celine Kiernan weaves a timely and essential truth into the second book of her trilogy: that dismantling oppression means honoring the pains of the past, and perhaps the most potent magic of all is encouraging joy and hope wherever possible.
Release: September 3, 2019 from Candlewick Press
Laura Ruby has a new YA book coming out this year!!!! It is historical fiction and sounds amazing. It also has one of the best titles to come along in quite some time.
When Frankie’s mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary—just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That’s why Frankie's not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket.
Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans—two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive.
And as the embers of the Great Depression are kindled into the fires of World War II, and the shadows of injustice, poverty, and death walk the streets in broad daylight, it will be up to Frankie to find something worth holding on to in the ruins of this shattered America—every minute of every day spent wondering if the life she's able to carve out will be enough.
Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans—two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive.
And as the embers of the Great Depression are kindled into the fires of World War II, and the shadows of injustice, poverty, and death walk the streets in broad daylight, it will be up to Frankie to find something worth holding on to in the ruins of this shattered America—every minute of every day spent wondering if the life she's able to carve out will be enough.
Release: October 1, 2019 by Balzer & Bray
I confess to being equal parts scared and excited for this next one. I love Little Women, and I love Virginia Kantra. There is always a bit of apprehension that goes with reading a reworking of an old favorite, but I have grown to trust in Kantra's writing. I pre-ordered this as soon as I could.
The March sisters--reliable Meg, independent Jo, stylish Amy and shy Beth--have grown up to pursue their separate dreams. When Jo followed her ambitions to New York City, she never thought her career in journalism would come crashing down, leaving her struggling to stay afloat in a gig economy as a prep cook-slash-secret food blogger.
Meg appears to have the life she always planned--the handsome husband, the adorable toddlers, the house in a charming subdivision. But sometimes getting everything you ever wanted isn't all it's cracked up to be...
When their mother's illness forces the sisters home to North Carolina for the holidays, they'll rediscover what really matters.
One thing's for sure--they'll need the strength of family and the power of sisterhood to remake their lives and reimagine their dreams.
Meg appears to have the life she always planned--the handsome husband, the adorable toddlers, the house in a charming subdivision. But sometimes getting everything you ever wanted isn't all it's cracked up to be...
When their mother's illness forces the sisters home to North Carolina for the holidays, they'll rediscover what really matters.
One thing's for sure--they'll need the strength of family and the power of sisterhood to remake their lives and reimagine their dreams.
Release: December 3, 2019 by Berkley Books
What are some upcoming releases you're looking forward to?
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