SLJ Day of Dialog Spring 2025 Cover Spotlight

PERSEPHONE’S CURSE by Katrina Leno
9781250342904 | 12/2/25
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THE HAZEL WOOD meets Laini Taylor in this gorgeous speculative tale of sisterhood, ghosts, and old family curses.

WITCHLORE by Emma Hinds
9781250369499 | 10/14/25
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Holly Black meets Lex Croucher in this contemporary fantasy about a love story to raise the dead.

RULES FOR FAKE GIRLFRIENDS by Raegan Revord
9781250356345 | 9/2/25
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Debut YA rom-com from the Young Sheldon star Raegan Revord, about an American girl’s first year abroad and the relationships she finds along the way.

A CURIOUS KIND OF MAGIC by Mara Rutherford
9781250359889 | 10/21/25
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Howl’s Moving Castle meets LITTLE THIEVES in this cozy fantasy about the teenage owner of a (mostly fake) magical curiosity shop and a girl cursed to turn everything she touches into magic.

MY ROOMMATE FROM HELL by Cale Dietrich
9781250887801 | 11/11/25
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Cale Dietrich’s next swoon-worthy YA rom com, about an ambitious college student whose plans get derailed when he discovers his roommate is the prince of hell.

MOONSICK by Tom O’Donnell
9781250353092 | 9/23/25
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Twilight meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced horror debut about a young woman who, when she realizes she’s been turned into a werewolf, must make the decision to turn herself in or live a life on the run.

UNDER A FIRE-RED SKY by Geraldine McCaughrean
9781250225535 | 11/4/25
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From award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Geraldine McCaughrean, an utterly immersive and unforgettable novel set during the London Blitz, inspired by the author’s father.

THE SLEEPLESS by Jen Williams
9781250409256 | 9/30/25
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GODKILLER meets POWERLESS in this epic gods-and-monsters romantic fantasy from British Fantasy Award-winning author Jen Williams.

FINAL CUT by Olivia Worley
9781250392985 | 10/28/25
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Scream meets THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE in this pulse-pounding and unforgettable mystery-thriller of twisty murder and shocking secrets from Olivia Worley.

WHERE THERE’S ROOM FOR US by Hayley Kiyoko
9781250356314 | 11/4/25
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In WHERE THERE’S ROOM FOR US, #1 New York Times bestselling author Hayley Kiyoko brings us a young adult novel set in a reimagined 1880s Victorian England where everyone is free to love whoever they choose.

BREAK WIDE THE SEA by Sara Holland
9781250854490 | 11/11/25
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A centuries-old curse forces one young woman to choose between love and the legacy her parents left behind.

A FATE SO COLD by Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman
9781250873156 | 11/4/25
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The start of a new blockbuster duology from the NYT bestselling authors behind ALL OF US VILLAINS, Amanda Foody & C. L. Herman. A FATE SO COLD will do for the chosen one trope what ALL OF US VILLAINS did for death tournaments.