Books to Pre-Order This November
With November right around the corner, check out these eight upcoming books that we recommend pre-ordering! These Young Adult books can be found and pre-order using the links below. Happy reading!
Salt and Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho
Two rival Brazilian bakeries, Salt and Sugar, run by the Ramireses and Molinas have had a feud spanning generations. But, when both are threatened by a big franchise, the grandchildren, Lari Ramires and Pedro Molina, come together to save their small family businesses, resulting in an unexpected romance.
The Wicked Remain (The Grimrose Girls) by Laura Pohl
This second book of Laura Pohl’s YA Fantasy duology, Grimrose Girls, continues to follow Nani, Yuki, Ella, Rory, and their adventures at Grimrose Académie. Fairy-tale deaths are continuing and unless the curse is broken, one of the girls could be next.
My Good Man by Eric Gansworth
It is 1992, and Brian, a 25- year-old, is the only Indigenous journalist on staff at the Niagara Cascade where he is told to stick to writing stories about life on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation where he grew up. Eric Gansworth takes readers through short stories of Brian’s life on the reservation while tackling themes of race, class, and masculinity.
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Written by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Adapted by Monique Gray Smith, and Illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt
In her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass, botanist and Indigenous scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer showed readers how there are gifts and everyday lessons in all living things. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition further breaks down complex concepts bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.
Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
From the same team of authors that brought readers the New York Times bestseller Blackout, comes a novel of intertwined narratives of Black teen love in Atlanta during a whiteout. As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens must band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life and they only have until midnight.
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle #2) by Tracy Deonn
This second book of Tracy Deonn’s YA Fantasy series, Legendborn, continues to follow Bree on her journey to further develop her discovered powers and save Nick, the Legendborn boy she fell in love with, who has been kidnapped. Bloodmarked is full of even more of the magic, mythology, romance, and social commentary that fans loved in the first book.
House of Yesterday by Deeba Zargarpur
Sara Khan is a 15-year-old teenager of Uzbek-Afghan heritage living in America, who feels as if her life is unraveling due to her parent’s divorce and losing her grandmother to dementia. But during a visit to a house her mother is flipping, Sara comes upon the ghost of her grandmother and tries to figure out the truth through stories of the past.
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
A gripping coming of age story that follows Avery, a queer biracial teen, who moves to a small Southern town with her parents during her senior year to help her dying grandmother, Mama Letty. We Deserve Monuments is a poignant story about family, love, racism, and finding oneself.
