Hitting bookshelves next week are a Surrealist picture book from an award-winning illustrator, a magical Regency romance, the story of two unlikely friends in Paris, and many more.
The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle. Philomel, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-399-17687-6. Carle nods to the Surrealist art movement with the illustrations in this nonsense-verse picture book.
Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-1643-4. The author of A Northern Light offers up the third and penultimate volume in her mermaid series the Waterfire Saga.
Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass. HarperTeen, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-06-241408-3. This companion book offers a series of short stories that take on the Selection series from different characters’ perspectives.
The Rose Society by Marie Lu. Putnam, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-399-16784-3. The latest in Legend author’s Young Elites series follows the origins of villain Adelina. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Monster: A Graphic Novel by Walter Dean Myers, illus. by Dawud Anyabwile. HarperCollins/Amistad, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-227499-1. A black-and-white graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’s Printz-winning Monster.
Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix. HarperCollins/Tegen, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-06-236004-5. The author of Sabriel offers up a magic-infused sendup of Regency romances.
Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl. Marvel Press, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-2643-3. Stohl offers up a YA novel that fills in the backstory for Marvel character Black Widow.
The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems, illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi. Disney-Hyperion, $14.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-2284-8. A book inspired by a real-life cat and dog friend pair Willems saw while living in Paris.
For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of October, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.
