Soak up the sun with the hottest new additions to series for young readers, including a picture book following a group of dinosaurs and their Halloween festivities, a magical middle grade adventure set at a summer camp, a YA sequel about the dangerous power of a magical mirror, and more.

Picture Books and Graphic Novels

Guess Who? Boo to You! by Katie Woolley, illus. by Grasya Oliyko (Nosy Crow, July 2 $10.99; ISBN 979-8-88777-073-4). Halloween monsters go door-to-door delivering a trick and a treat in the newest picture book in the Guess Who? Series.


How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? by Jane Yolen, illus. by Mark Teague (Scholastic Press, July 2 $18.99; ISBN 978-1-338-89198-0). The newest installment of the How Do Dinosaurs series follows a group of dinosaurs learning how to enjoy Halloween festivities.


Penny Draws a Class Trip by Sara Shepard (Putnam, July 16 $14.99; ISBN 978-0-593-61686-4). Fifth grader Penny heads off on an adventure with her classmates to New York City to meet a famous author in the fourth graphic novel in the Penny Draws series.


Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #2) by Rex Ogle, illus. by Dave Valeza (Graphix, July 2 $12.99; ISBN 978-1-338-57499-9). On his first day of seventh grade, Rex gets a pimple that leads to bullying from his classmates in the second graphic novel in the Four Eyes series.


Time to Party by Molly Knox Ostertag, illus. by Xanthe Bouma (HarperAlley, July 9 $24.99; ISBN 978-0-06-303926-1). In the latest addition to the Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club series, Olivia grapples with her role as Dungeon Master as new friends join the club.


unOrdinary Vol. 2 by uru-chan (HarperAlley, July 2 $19.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-35-852123-5). The social hierarchy at Wellston High is crumbling, but John and his classmates must come together when an unsuspected threat puts them all at risk.


Novels

The Bad Guys in the Serpent and the Beast by Aaron Blabey (Scholastic, July 2 $6.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-339-05630-2). Reformed criminals Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, and Mr. Piranha must work together to keep their reputations safe in the 19th book in The Bad Guys series, which will conclude in November with The Bad Guys in One Last Thing.


The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller (Feiwel and Friends, July 9 $24.99; ISBN 978-1-250-84077-6) In the companion novel to The Shadows Between Us, Chrysantha’s plot to take her husband’s inheritance is at risk when a man claiming to be her husband’s estranged grandson appears. See our interview with Levenseller here.


The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Little, Brown, July 30 $19.99; ISBN 978-0-316-48101-4). In this spin-off from the Inheritance Games universe, Avery Grambs invites seven teens to compete in a series of mind games for their chance at glory. See our interview with Barnes here.


The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken (Knopf, July 30 $20.99; ISBN 978-0-593-48169-1). In the sequel to Silver in the Bone, Tamsin harnesses the power of a magical mirror to trap an enemy but must be wary she doesn’t fall victim to the mirror’s strength herself.


Reckless by Lauren Roberts (Simon & Schuster, July 2 $21.99; ISBN 978-1-665-95543-0). The second book in the Powerless trilogy follows Ordinary-born Paedyn as she leads a revolution against the king. Meanwhile Kai Azer, the king’s new general and Paedyn’s former love, hunts her down.


A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole (Bloom, July 23 $12.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-7282-9709-5). Set in the Boy Kisses universe, teens Savannah and Cael are both struggling with the loss of loved ones and join a grief counseling group on a trip abroad.


The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment by Rob Renzetti (Penguin Workshop, July 23 $17.99 ISBN 978-0-593-51955-4). Zenith Maelstrom attempts to stop his sister from using the haunting GrahBhag in the second book in The Horrible Bag series.


Villains; Kill the Beast by Serena Valentino (Disney Hyperion, July 2 $18.99; ISBN 978-1-3680-7659-3). In the 11th installment of the Villains series, readers take a look into the backstory of Beauty and the Beast antagonist Gaston.


A Whisper of Curses by J. Elle (Bloomsbury, July 9 $17.99; ISBN 978-1-5476-0674-0). Kyana heads to a magical camp in hopes of getting a curse broken but winds up trapped, in the sequel to A Taste of Magic.