Adi Alsaid. Harlequin Teen, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-373-21124-1
Leila’s road trip to see the Northern Lights in Alaska takes her across the U.S. and into the lives of a series of desperate teens. In five multichapter vignettes, readers meet these characters in crisis,
including Bree, an orphan who has run away
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Adi Alsaid. Harlequin Teen, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-373-21154-8
Upon entering high school, best friends Julia and Dave wanted, more than anything, to avoid becoming cliché. To ensure that they have an "original high school experience," they created a list of things they must never do, like skinny dipping or...
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Adi Alsaid. Harlequin Teen, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-373-21228-6
Mexico City native Carlos Portillo always looked up to his older brother, Felix, who shared his passion for food and did things his own way, rather than follow in their wealthy father’s path. Now Felix is dead, but Carlos still feels his presence,...
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Adi Alsaid. Knopf, $18.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-37576-1
Using an omniscient third-person narrator, Alsaid’s (Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak) speculative airport adventure reimagines an ordinary layover in Atlanta. Sparks fly when Latinx-cued James, 16, meets French and Thai Michelle, 18,...
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Adi Alsaid. Knopf, $18.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-5933-7580-8
An 18-year-old travels to prove that there’s good in the world in this bittersweet, existential read from Alsaid (Before Takeoff). Isabel has just booked a plane ticket from Detroit to Tokyo, but she insists that she’s not heading out due to...
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Adi Alsaid. Aladdin, $18.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-6659-2775-8
In the Kingdom of Nefaria, evil schemes perpetrated by villainous foes are commonplace. But since ploys such as the Great Cheese Fraud, the formation of the Anti-beanbag Society, and a plot to take over the kingdom using highly trained spider...
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Edited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond. Simon Pulse, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-5344-2185-1
Contributed by a multicultural group of authors, including Jay Coles, Sara Farizan, and Sandhya Menon, and representing a blending of genres and cultures, this #OwnVoices anthology considers the ways that food can feed both body and soul....
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Adi Alsaid. Inkyard, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-335-01255-5
After high school graduation and a breakup with her boyfriend, New Yorker Lu develops writer’s block, leaving her at risk of losing her job as a weekly love and dating columnist for a big online teen magazine, and the journalism scholarship to NYU...
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Adi Alsaid. Inkyard, $18.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-335-14676-2
In a timely novel featuring a large cast from around the globe, Alsaid (Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak) underlines ecological issues while showing the positive impact of creative problem solving and collaboration. Lock-in night is a...
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Edited by Adi Alsaid. Inkyard, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-335-14649-6
Edited by Alsaid (We Didn’t Ask for This), this topical anthology successfully unites 15 short stories depicting a variety of immigrant experiences. A diverse group of protagonists populates the tales—characters of various belief systems,...
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