I worked all last weekend to get this list done in time for the new month and forgot to write a post! As always, you can find the complete list of releases here: https://edicottonquilt.com/booklists/2023-2/

Please to let me know of any MG or YA titles that I’ve missed!

AUGUST

1

Fury of the Dragon Gods by Sarwat Chadda.Rick Riordan Presents
Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way into History by Kathleen Krull and Virginia Loh-Hagan, illus. by Aura Lewis.Siman & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Damned If You Do by Alex Brown. Page Street YA
Deeper Than Blood (Oblivion Rouge, bk 2) by Pap Souleye Fall. Quarto/Rockport
Essie and the March on Selma: A Bloody Sunday Survival Story by Anitra Butler-Ngugi, illus. by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei.
Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones. Macmillan/Wednesday
Gemma and the Great Flu: A 1918 Flu Pandemic Graphic Novel by Julie Gilbert, illus. by Dan Freitas.Stone. Arch Books
Malcolm Kid And The Perfect Song by Austin Paramore, Sarah Bollinger, Marika Cresta, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Oni Press
Mexikid by Pedro Maritn. Dial
Paulina and the Disaster at Pompeii: A Mount Vesuvius Eruption Graphic Novel by Barbara Perez Marquez, illus. by Markia Jenai. Stone Arch Books
Recipes for Change: 12 Dishes Inspired by a Year in Black History by Michael Platt, illus. by Alleanna Harris. Magic Cat Books
Saving Chupie by Amparo Ortiz, illus. by Ronnie Garcia. HarperAlley
True True by Don P. Hooper. Nancy Paulsen
We Still Belong by Christine Day. Heatdrum

2

I Rise by Marie Arnold. Versify

8

A Child’s Introduction to Hip-Hop: The Beats, Rhymes, and Roots of a Musical Revolutionby Jordannah Elizabeth, illus. by Markia Jenai. Blac Dog & Leventhal Publishers
A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography Of Race In America From Ona Judge To Barack Obama by Ray Anthony Shepard, R. Gregory Christie. Calkins Creek
The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis. Disney Hyperion.
Resistance : My Story of Activism by Zoe Rosenblum, Frantzy Luzincourt, and Zainab Nasrati. Norton Young Readers
Slime Shop by Karina Garcia, Niki Smith, and Kevin Panetta. Versify
The Undead Truth Of Us by Britney Lewis. Disney-Hyperion.
Vison : My Story of Strength by Precious Perez, Zainab Nasrati (Series edited by), Zoë Ruiz. Norton

15

Confessions of a Candy Snatcher by Phoebe Sinclair, illus. by Theodore Taylor III. Candlewick
A Quantum Life (Adapted For Young Adults) My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars by Hakeem Oluseyi, Joshua Horwitz. Delacorte. 
Forgive Me Not by Jennifer Baker. Nancy Paulsen Books
Ghost Book by Remy Lai. Henry Holt
Make a Move, Sunny Park! by Jessica Kim. Kokila
Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali by Marc Bernardin and Ron Salas. First Second
Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim. Delacorte
Totally Psychic by Brigid Martin. Inkyard
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen. Heartdrum

22

Forty Words for Love by Aisha Saeed. Kokila
Savi and the Memory Keeper by Bijal Vachharajani. Blackstone Publishing
Tessa Miyata Is No Hero by Julie Abe .Little, Brown

23

Writing in Color: Fourteen Writers on the Lessons We’ve Learned, edited by Nafiza Azad and Melody Simpson.

29

All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen. Kokila.
The Fall Of The House Of Tatterly by Shanna Miles. Union Square Kids.AFAM
The Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashley Robin Franklin, illus. by Ashley Robin Franklin. Clarion Books
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair. Simon and Schuster
House of Marionne by J. Elle. Razorbill
The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu. Quill Tree
More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long. FSG
My Father, The Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang. Random/Crown
Never a Hero (Only a Monster) by Vanessa Len. HarperTeen
Neverwraith by Shakir Rshaan. Entangled Teen
Salsa Magic by Letisha Marrero. Levine Querido
The Secret of the Dragon Gems by Rajani Larocca and Chris Baron. Little Bee/Yellow Jacket
Stuntboy, In-Between Time by Jason Reynolds, illus. by Raúl the Third.
A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa Montalban. Zando Young Readers