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ALL THE MOTHERS de Domenica Ruta

Welcome to “the mommune.” From New York Times bestselling author Domenica Ruta comes a heartfelt, hilarious novel about a single mom reimagining what the perfect family can look like.

ALL THE MOTHERS
by Domenica Ruta
Scribner, May 2025
(via Writers House)

Sandy thought she was making her greatest mistake yet when she got unexpectedly pregnant in her mid-thirties by a dating-app flop. Now, her baby Rosie is the love of her life, but trying to co-parent with her daughter’s dad, a wannabe rock star, is a challenge—and seems to be veering into catastrophe territory when Sandy finds out through social media that her daughter has a half-sibling Sandy doesn’t know anything about.

Enter her ex’s ex, Stephanie, the other mother. Sandy is prepared to hate her but when the two women meet, they are shocked to learn how much they have in common beyond the deadbeat father their children share. Now Sandy needs to figure out what her and Rosie’s family looks like with all these new additions. Could life in a “mommune” be the answer to her prayers, or just a new brand of chaos?

In this winning story of family both born and chosen, Sandy is about to discover that when nothing goes as planned, the best things become possible.

“All the Mothers is written by one of the most talented and shockingly good writers of our time. There is depth here, there is grace, and this story will resound as a rallying cry for mothers everywhere for generations to come. If you have ever had a mother or been cared for, this book is for you, meaning this book is for everyone.” —Chelsea Bieker, author of Madwoman

“No one writes about motherhood like Domenica Ruta. Seriously, no one. With tremendous humor, intelligence, wisdom, and, of course, heart, Ruta takes a hard, unflinching look at exactly what it takes to survive in America as a single mother. The result is a defining novel for these turbulent times. I loved it and can’t stop thinking about it.” —Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year

Domenica Ruta was born and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a finalist for the Keene Prize for Literature and has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, the Blue Mountain Center, Jentel, and Hedgebrook.

A MONSTROUS BEDTIME de Kerilynn Wilson

A girl’s bedtime routine with her parents is set—one glass of water, one fan whirring gently, one song, and one book—but when the monster living under her bed can’t fall asleep, the girl creates a whole new nighttime checklist.

A MONSTROUS BEDTIME
by Kerilynn Wilson
Harper/Greenwillow, August 2025
(via Writers House)

Every bedtime needs a routine. That’s the best way to get a good night’s sleep. But what if it doesn’t work for the monster under your bed? How do you help it fall asleep? Join one little girl determined to help her monster with a special—monster-sized!—version of her nightly ritual.

A deceptively simple text skilfully captures the comfort young children take in routine, while colourful artwork—full of subtle detail—subverts our expectations, turning the monster into a friend and co-conspirator. Kerilynn Wilson’s imaginative take on evergreen themes makes A Monstrous Bedtime a must-have for every bedtime. For fans of Good Night, Gorilla and Sleep Like a Tiger.

Kerilynn Wilson is an author-illustrator with a love of the weird and wonderful. She is the creator of the acclaimed picture book One Foggy Christmas Eve and the award-winning graphic novel for teens The Faint of Heart. She lives in Oregon City, Oregon, but her mind tends to wander to made-up places in her head filled with flying jellyfish and birds that eat the stars.

THE DANDELION RIOTS de Kim Smejkal

A darkly compelling fantasy romance in which a young woman is cursed to end the world if she ever falls in love. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Brigid Kemmerer and Stephanie Garber.

THE DANDELION RIOTS
by Kim Smejkal
Pushkin Press, March 2025
(via Writers House)

Sixteen-year-old Drinn has been kept isolated her entire life by Aunt Melusine, and she’s determined to find out why. But when Drinn confronts Melusine, things go spectacularly wrong—leaving one person dead, and Drinn on the run. Heartbroken, terrified, and alone, Drinn learns she is one of the damned: girls cursed at birth to cause everything from drought to disease to rat infestations. The damned are the dregs of society, and Drinn is the most infamous of them all—if she ever falls in love, the world ends.

Drinn may not understand much, but she recognizes injustice when she sees it. Shielding her heart against a handsome, charismatic boy (is he a test, put in her path?) Drinn tracks down another cursed girl named Story—a grumpy mechanic who kills anyone she touches—and together they rally others to their cause. By transforming their curses into assets, Drinn and Story fight back: against the Aunts who cursed them, and a world that shuns them.

Unfortunately, the powerful—and now furious—Aunts may be the least of their worries. It turns out the threat to Drinn’s heart was not the handsome, charismatic boy; in fact, it was never a boy at all. By the time Drinn learns deeper truths about herself and all the ways that love can surprise you, will she have already summoned the apocalypse?

Kim Smejkal lives with her family on Vancouver Island in Canada, which means she’s often lost in the woods or wandering a beach. She writes dark fantasy for young adults and not-so-young adults, always with a touch of magic. She is the author of Ink in the Blood (Clarion Books, 2020) and Curse of the Divine (Clarion Books, 2021).

AMONG GHOSTS de Rachel Hartman

Set in the world of New York Times bestseller Seraphina, a boy on the run from a dragon—among other dangers—seeks refuge in a haunted abbey in this wholly original ghost story about what haunts us, and what connects us.

AMONG GHOSTS
by Rachel Hartman
Penguin Random House, June 2025
(via Writers House)

A few things to know about the town of St. Muckle’s: It’s too out-of-the-way to interest greedy lords, and too damp and muddy for marauding dragons to burn. And anyone, from a humble serf to a runaway nun, may earn their freedom by living for a year and a day within the town walls. Seven years ago, Charl and his mother fled to St. Muckle’s and made it their safe-haven, building a new life in this so called Peasant’s Paradise. But when Charl sees something impossible—a ghost—soon the embers of his past are threatening to engulf his world in flame. A tragic accident is quickly followed by murder, a deadly plague, and a mercenary dragon.

Charl manages to escape to an abandoned abbey outside of town, but finds no safety within those ruined walls. A treacherous nun, a chorus of murdered girls, and the fearsome Battle Bishop await, ready to ensnare him in a complex web of history, magic and fate. For some things should never be forgotten, however much they haunt us, and Charl will need all his wisdom and resiliency if he is to fight for the world he knows…and the people he calls home.

Rachel Hartman is the author of five young adult fantasy novels set in the world of Goredd: Seraphina, Shadow Scale, Tess Of The Road, In the Serpent’s Wake and the upcoming AMONG GHOSTS. Her novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list and have received many awards, including the Morris Award, the Sunburst Prize, and the Monica Hughes Award. Rachel lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and whippet.

THE FACTORY de Catherine Egan

Step inside the Factory in this suspenseful, page-turning exploration of power, exploitation, and the nature of time by Catherine Egan – perfect for fans of Margaret Peterson Haddix and Gordon Korman!

THE FACTORY (Book 1)
by Catherine Egan
Scholastic, January 2025
(via Writers House)

How far will you go to protect your future?

Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle is no stranger to misfortune. Bullied at school and struggling with problems at home, he dreams of the day he can leave it all behind him. That’s when he receives an unexpected opportunity: an invitation to join the Factory – a top-secret research facility that’s supposedly developing renewable energy – and Asher will be paid handsomely for his participation. It seems like the answer to all his problems.

But not everything is as it seems at the Factory. The other kids in the program are tired and sullen, almost as if they’ve had the life sucked out of them, and the staff members are clearly hiding something. What’s more, Asher discovers he wasn’t chosen at random; someone in the program desperately wants him to participate. Asher can’t help but feel that whatever the Factory is doing, it’s not what he or any of the other kids signed up for.

To Asher’s horror, it turns out that the Factory isn’t developing renewable energy at all. So what is the Factory up to, more important, why? As conditions in the Factory worsen, Asher must team up with the other kids to uncover the sinister truth behind the experiment – and his personal connection to it – before someone gets seriously hurt.

Catherine Egan grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Since then, she has lived on a volcanic island in Japan (which erupted while she was there and sent her hurtling straight into the arms of her now husband), in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Beijing, on an oil rig in the middle of Bohai Bay, in New Jersey, and now in New Haven, Connecticut. She’s written several books for teens, including the Witch’s Child YA trilogy and the middle-grade novel, Sneaks.