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[harperbooks]

We put him to work today (oh, just 300+ books to sign 😳), but @uiweala still mustered up a smile for this picture 😆 We can’t wait for everyone to read #SpeakNoEvil, on sale 3/6! . . #weloveourauthors #indienext #igreads #beastsofnonation #publishing

[harperbooks]

Congratulations to our wonderful author @uiweala! His upcoming novel #SpeakNoEvil is a March Indie Next pick! 👏👏👏 @shteyngart calls it “a lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery.” . . #indienext #indiebound #thankyoubooksellers #uzodinmaiweala #beastsofnonation #IGreads

[gebo4482]

Who are you looking for? - Eternity's Echo: Patient Zero Teaser II

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[catiesbooks]

Here is a preview of the titles on the July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Kids’ Box mailing.

Find my recommendation for this thrilling, clever, and utterly hilarious graphic novel about a literary-inspired vampire hunting pig in the American Bookseller Association’s July & August Kids issue of Indie Next.

Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer Crown Books for Young Readers, 9780593308912, $12.99, Ages 8-12

“Ham Helsing is a surprising delight and a fresh take on the vampire-hunting legend. This graphic novel is chock-full of hammy humor, perfect puns, and swashbuckling adventure.” —Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL

Ham Helsing was also a Kids Indies Introduce nominee!

Find your copy of Ham Helsing Here.

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ABA Children’s Indies Introduce: June 2021

Here are the nominated titles the ABA Children’s Indies Introduce panel discussed that are being published this upcoming month, which ones made the final list, and ways to get them into your hands.

The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez  June 1st 2021 Katherine Tegan Books (Harper Collins) YA Preorder the book here

Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin June 1st 2021 Sourcebooks YA Preorder the book here

Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz June 1st 2021 Holiday House (Penguin Random House) Middle Grade Preorder the book here

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé June 1st 2021 Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan) YA Preorder the book here

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimmons June 1st 2021 Dial Books (Penguin Young Readers) YA Preorder the book here

Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd June 1st 2021 Bloomsbury YA YA Preorder the book here

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon June 1st 2021 InkYard Press (HarperCollins) YA Preorder the book here

Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer June 1st 2021 Crown Books for Young Readers (Random House) Middle Grade, Graphic Novel Preorder the book here

Coming Storm by Regina M. Hansen June 1st 2021 Ateneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster) YA Preorder the book here

The In Between by Marc Klein June 1st 2021 Poppy (Hachette) YA Preorder the book here The Sea is Salt and So Am I by Cassandra Hartt June 8th 2021 Roaring Book Press (Macmillan) YA Preorder the book here

Secret Starling by Judith Eagle June 8th 2021 Walker Books US (Candlewick Press) YA Preorder the book here

Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlo June 8th 2021 Dial Books (Penguin Young Readers) Middle Grade Preorder the book here

Both Can Be True by Jules Machias June 8th 2021 Quill Tree Books (HarperCollins) Middle Grade Preorder the book here

Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews June 8th 2021 Jimmy Patterson (Hachette) YA Preorder the book here

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury June 15th 2021 Margaret K Elderberry Books (Simon & Schuster) YA Preorder the book here

Learn More

This spring, I was one of eight panelists in the American Bookseller Association’s Children’s Indies Introduce panel for Summer and Fall of 2021.

The panel’s goal is to read and discuss early galleys and manuscripts of forthcoming middle grade and young adult books that publishers submit to be part of debut author promotions, and choose ten titles for the final list, and to present at ABA’s Children’s Institute. From January to April, we read and had biweekly zoom calls to share our thoughts.

View the full list of the ABA Children’s Indies Introduce Summer/Fall Panel titles here, or, check out the links below to see titles released by month.

June | July | August | September | October | November

[kimmccreight]

Today’s the day! @marykubica and I will be in conversation TONIGHT at 7pm EST to celebrate the launch of her brilliant LOCAL WOMAN MISSING—a #indienext and @libraryreads and @applebooks and @amazonbooks best mystery! It is all the things and it hits shelves today. So grab your copy and join us tonight. Link to sign up is in my bio. Hope to see you there! (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBEPXcrySu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Here are the 20 Indie Next Great Reads and 12 now-in-paperback picks featured on the February 2021 Indie Next List flier.

Find my recommendation for A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes & more in the American Bookseller Association’s February issue of IndieNext!

A Thousand Ships: A Novel by Natalie Haynes Harper, 9780063065390, $27.99 “From The Aeneid to The Iliad and The Odyssey, classic stories of the Trojan War are implicitly reliant on the role of women, however reticent they are portrayed. Finally — finally! — we have a retelling that does women, girls, and goddesses justice. Through the perspective of women in various places and times during the war, Natalie Haynes constructs an epic collage that follows the warriors, refugees, oracles, muses, wives, and daughters of Troy, Greece, and beyond in one of the most famous conflicts in world history.” —Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL

Find A Thousand Ships here

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Here are the 20 Indie Next Great Reads and 12 now-in-paperback picks featured on the March 2021 Indie Next List flyer.

Find my recommendation for Jackie Polzin’s Brood & more in the American Bookseller Association’s March issue of IndieNext!

Brood: A Novel by Jackie Polzin Doubleday, 9780385546751, $24 “Over the course of a year, told in a collection of snapshots, Brood shows the life of a woman grieving by doing anything but. She gives herself purpose by taking care of a small flock of chickens, as well as finding small but kind, funny, or wry ways of interacting with her neighbors, eccentric mother-in-law, and caring husband, Percy. There are plenty of clever and funny moments from scene to scene (not to mention the odd and interesting analyses of a chicken’s life and point of view), but the beauty in this book lies in the narrator’s acceptance of the everyday, and of all the things — bad, good, but mostly in-between — that come therein.” —Cat Chapman, The Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL

Find Brood here