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These new YA releases will fulfill your craving for queer stories with a heartwarming story of a gay teen who becomes a new father, and a Sapphic romance where two teens must solve a mystery and save a town.
UNEXPECTING BY JEN BAILEY
“Poignantly rendered character dynamics—particularly between Ben and his stepfather, and Ben and Maxie—elevate timely messaging surrounding parenthood and healthy depictions of open and vulnerable communication in this freshly wrought teenage pregnancy story.”–Publishers Weekly
LOVE AND OTHER WICKED THINGS BY PHILLINE HARMS
“With likable side characters and an engaging and sweet love story at its heart, this novel tracing Rhia and Valerie’s journey together is endearing and suspenseful…Sweetly magical.”–Kirkus Reviews
UNEXPECTING by Jen Bailey; 9781250780942; 8/22/23
LOVE AND OTHER WICKED THINGS by Philline Harms; 9781990259944; 8/22/23