Elsie Chapman. Random, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-307-93154-2
Stylish, frenetic, and violent, Chapman’s debut is the textual equivalent of a Quentin Tarantino movie. The star is West Grayer, the 15-year-old sole survivor of what was once a family of six. Her mother became collateral damage in a state-sanctioned
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Elsie Chapman. Amulet, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4197-2531-9
In this bleak tale from Chapman (Dualed), high school junior Marsden Eldridge is desperate to escape her hometown of Glory, along with her younger sister, Wynn. To do so, she skims money from the bodies she finds in the nearby covert, purportedly...
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Elsie Chapman. Scholastic Press, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-338-80323-5
A Chinese American tween traverses an alternate realm to stop a grim prophecy in this mythology-driven adventure from Chapman (All the Ways Home). In Vancouver, asthmatic 12-year-old Astrid Xu plays the clarinet to help her control her breathing,...
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Edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman. Greenwillow, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-267115-8
Fifteen Asian authors—including Renee Ahdieh, Melissa de la Cruz, Aisha Saeed, and Rahul Kanakia—share genre-spanning short retellings of myths and legends traditional to their own cultures in this outstanding anthology edited by Chapman and We Need
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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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