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  • A girl sits beside a large mango.

    Confessions of a Mango

    April 14
  • Cover for Whale Fall, showing an illustration of an orca from above the water. In the water's ripples, there is the shadow of a human being. The book title and author's name appear in block font.

    Whale Fall

    September 15
  • Cover for Mythspeaker, showing four Native children facing outward as if preparing to battle something dangerous. Back left child is wearing an owl mask and cloak of feathers while pointing to something we cannot see. Front left is a girl with a long braid and shirt of red hide with tassels. She has a triangle tattoo under each eye. Front right is a boy with long hair wearing a blue vest with triangular patterns. He's holding a large, glowing ember in one hand. Back right child is a boy with a scalplock also wearing a vest and holding up a stone knife to defend himself. Behind them is a large egg swirled with colors of blue and red. Flame surrounds it. Looming behind everything and largest in the image is an enormous lion-like creature with glowing golden eyes and mouth. Huge antlers grow from his forehead, intertwining with the title in bold gold lettering.

    Mythspeaker

    February 24
  • Cover of Then We'll Be Happy: vibrant, typographical cover in blue, green, orange and yellow. A teenage boy in a power wheelchair watches as a bus pulls away. Dotted around are Cheerios and a ball. The author's name, Alan Carrigan, is at the bottom in slanted white letters.

    Then We’ll Be Happy

    July 30
  • Cover of These Kindred Hearts by Shari B Pennant, with purple smoke, and illustrations of sword, book, cauldron, skull, rose, cat, fox, bottle, quill and crown.

    These Kindred Hearts

    June 30
  • Cover for Last Night I Dreamed of Home, showing an illustrated girl with pink hair opposite a boy with dark blue hair, juxtaposed against a background of the Toronto skyline and an Asian night market.

    Last Night I Dreamed of Home

    October 22
  • Cover for Dead Boys Club, showing an illustration of two boys standing in front of a car with a mountainous National Park in the backdrop. There is a fire tower in the distance. The boy on the left has dark brown hair and is dressed in punk fashion. The boy on the right is pale with red hair and is dressed in a green shirt and cargo pants.

    Dead Boys Club

    September 15
  • Cover for A (Dead) Thing Like Me, showing an illustrated coffin with the title inside. Illustrated Ouija board elements (a planchette, a skull, an all-seeing eye, stars, and moon phases, and the words “hello” and “goodbye”) surround the coffin. The background color is black, and the coffin and elements are hot pink, turquoise, yellow, and orange. In hot pink, a blurb from AS King, Printz award-winning author of “Dig,” says, “Stunning … a suspenseful tale of friendship and healing”

    A (Dead) Thing Like Me

    August 18
  • Cover for Copper Breadcrumbs shows a background of shining copper pennies. In the foreground there are two silhouettes, a short teenager facing a menacing knight silhouette holding a sharp sword menacingly in his direction. The book title and author's name, James Edgar, are written in block copper font.

    Copper Breadcrumbs

    June 11
  • Cover of Under a Carnivore, featuring a young woman appearing out of swamp flora and fauna, including orchids with teeth.

    Under A Carnivore Sky

    May 12
  • Cover for Beneath the Same Round Moon: A Mooncake Festival Story, showing family members around a yellow moon. Main character is wearing yellow and red, and she's holding a mooncake. Written by Jasmine Fang and illustrated by Rong Pham and Vinh Nguyen.

    Beneath the Same Round Moon: A Mooncake Festival Story

    September 15
  • Cover for The Ginghams, showing a distressed girl with a messy, blonde ponytail surrounded by kids her age all dressed in gingham with dead-eyed expressions and creepy, identical smiles. The title, THE GINGHAMS is written up top in Flourescent green, with the author’s name, TC Kemper written at the bottom. The tagline is also featured: Never Trust A Perfect Smile. The cover is illustrated in shades of blue.

    The Ginghams

    July 28
  • Cover for The Witch of the Dark Wood, showing a large tree with a young girl on the left side, and a witch with a nature mask and cloak on the right side. The atmosphere is misty. The book title and author name are in the trunk of the tree in eerie font.

    The Witch of the Dark Wood

    September 1
  • Cover for The Fire Walker, showing two illustrated characters - Appa and his son Velan- and a temple Kovil gopuram. The characters are wearing traditional shirts and are against a blue and magenta twilight background, with stars in the sky. Fiery sparks and the stars glow the scene. The book’s title, the author’s name, Ainkaran Sivaaji, and the illustrator’s name, N. Dejeshwini, are written in a bright artistic font.

    The Fire Walker

    September 15
  • Cover for We Run the Night, showing an illustrated black girl looking afraid and two ghostly figures of a boy and a girl staring down at her, on a background of a tree with branches growing through the ghostly figures. The book title and author’s name, Peace Mbengei are written in yellow font.

    We Run The Night

    September 15
  • Cover for All the Scattered Stars, showing a dark green background with a predominate golden koru done in a distressed style. An intricate gold border of lines, dots, and swirls frames the edges. The title is spelled out in a bold, golden font and the author's name, Via Luino, appears at the top.

    All the Scattered Stars

    April 21
  • The cover for The Game of Oaths, featuring a red circus tent with the Eiffel Tower in front, and a golden trapeze artist above. The circus tent is flanked with red roses, joker playing cards, and red butterflies with gold designs. The book title is in front of the image, with a dagger making up the "T" in the word "Oaths" and dripping blood. The author's name, S.C. Bandreddi, is below on a brown ribbon. The cover's background is a teal blue color and decorated with gold sparkles, as well as the outline of an analog clock.

    The Game of Oaths

    June 2
  • Cover for How to Love You When You're Gone. A blond teenage boy, in a pasta-water yellow poleo, sits across from a brunette teenage girl wearing a yellow hat. They're at a diner, sitting in a red booth. The walls are bright pink!

    How to Love You When You’re Gone

    May 26
  • Cover for We Became Wild, by H.D. Carver, showing an illustration of two teen girls with large hiking backpacks walking away form the viewer along a desert trail toward mountains in the distance. The sky glows orange and red. The title appears in large white letters across the top and bottom of the cover.

    We Became Wild

    June 23
  • Cover for "Casting April," showing an illustrated Chinese girl pulling back a theater curtain to reveal a stage. She is wearing a headset and a tracheostomy tube, and she's holding the script for a play called "Finding Primula." Onstage, an actor in an astronaut costume is looking into the spotlight. The book title is decorated with stars.

    Casting April

    June 16
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