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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR EVIL ROBOT de Joy McCullough & Eduardo Medeiros

A hilarious and thought-provoking middle-grade graphic novel that uses a tiny would-be villain to explore the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence, blending comic book-style fun with big questions about technology, empathy, and what it means to be human, for fans of Adam Rubin and Peter Brown.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR EVIL ROBOT
by Joy McCullough
illustrated by Eduardo Medeiros
Sourcebooks Explore, July 2026

He’s three inches tall. He has enormous plans. And he’s about to learn a very important lesson.

This is the wildly funny picture book that helps kids make sense of the AI world they’re already living in — without any of the anxiety, and with all of the laughs. One kid, one skeptical dog, and one very overconfident robot walk readers through what AI can do, what it can’t, and why being human is still pretty great.

Perfect for curious kids, savvy parents, and anyone who wants to stay one step ahead of the robots!

  • The funniest AI book your kid will ever read — a tiny robot with massive ambitions meets his match in one clever kid and their very unimpressed dog

  • Finally — a way to talk to your kids about AI that’s actually fun, age-appropriate, and doesn’t require a computer science degree

  • Smart, funny, and wildly timely — covers what AI can do (and what it definitely cannot) in a way that sticks with young kids

  • Comics-style art and laugh-out-loud storytelling make every page an adventure — even the big ideas feel like play

  • The must-have gift for the AI age — because every kid is growing up with technology, and this book makes that hilarious instead of scary

Joy McCullough is an award-winning author and a NYT bestseller. She writes books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Eduardo Medeiros is a Brazilian author and artist, and has been captivated by storytelling since childhood and has always dreamed of creating comics. Eduardo enjoys quality time with his 4-year-old son, Gabriel, or hitting the road in his beloved vintage car.

LOOK WHAT YOU DID de Kaitlin Reilly

A page-turning debut thriller for fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Megan Lally about a teen who must confront her own buried trauma to clear her friend’s name of murder and expose the dark secrets of her small town.

LOOK WHAT YOU DID
by Kaitlin Reilly
Sourcebooks Fire, September 2026

« I know about Will….I know what he did that night »

After the tragic death of golden boy Will Ashford, everyone in town is in mourning. Or almost everyone. Seventeen-year-old Mackenzie couldn’t be more relieved. Because she knows Will’s veneer of perfection hid something dark and dangerous. It was a truth she learned one night at the Ashford house and swore never to tell.

But her plan is threatened when she starts receiving texts from an unknown number. Someone knows the secret Mackenzie has tried so hard to hide—and they are determined to reveal it.

When Mackenzie’s former best friend is found dead, she is convinced the anonymous texter is connected to her murder, and she will stop at nothing to find them. But doing so will mean confronting the trauma she’s fought so hard to suppress and exposing the dark secrets her town has tried to keep buried—or risk being the next girl dead.

The author is a screenwriter, which shows in the voice, cinematic storytelling, and propulsive pacing that keeps readers eagerly turning pages.

Kaitlin Reilly is a journalist and screenwriter who grew up on Long Island and has called Los Angeles home for more than a decade. Her first film, the YA rom com How to Lose a Popularity Contest, is heading to Tubi in 2026.

IF THE MOON de Matthew Burgess & Matthew Forsythe

From award-winning creators Matthew Burgess and Matthew Forsythe comes a new picture book classic and an invitation to imaginative dreaming.  IF THE MOON is the perfect lyrical bedtime book―a visual poem that soothes and smooths the transition from waking to sleeping.

IF THE MOON
by Matthew Burgess
illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
Stonefruit Studio/Sourcebooks, August 2026

If the Earth and if the moon,
if the whistling of a tune.
If you drift, if you dream,
into space, into streams…
Softly step on tender feet,
come and lift the latch of sleep.

This portable dream machine is an antidote to the endless “what-ifs” that fill one’s head before bedtime—inviting readers to allow their minds to gently wander before drifting off to sleep.

Readers will delight with each turn of the page as we move through the skies and the seas, and between past and present.

Matthew Burgess is a poet and educator and the author of a number of picture books, including Fireworks, Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring, and The Bear and the Moon. Matthew’s books have received many accolades, including starred reviews, a Eureka Gold Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and inclusion on numerous best-of lists from the NYPL, the Chicago Public Library,the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, ALA Booklist, Amazon, and others. A full-time professor at Brooklyn College, Matthew also has been a poet-in-residence in New York City public schools.

Matthew Forsythe is the author and illustrator of Pokko and the Drum, Mina, and Aggie and the Ghost. He was also a designer for animated projects including Adventure Time, The Midnight Gospel, and the Oscar-nominated short film Robin Robin. He was born in Toronto and now lives in Los Angeles.

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The first in a bold new YA dystopian trilogy blending the psychological intensity of The Maze Runner with the layered secrecy of The Darkest Minds.

RECRUITMENT
by K.A. Riley
Sourcebook Fire, November 2026

In the Valta, no matter what month you were born, everyone is assigned the same birthday. November 1st. It’s the anniversary of the day when the government declared war on the Eastern Order. The day you turn seventeen, the Recruiters come to take you away. And no one ever hears from you again.

It’s October 31st. Today, Kress is sixteen years old. Tomorrow, she’ll be taken.

The good news? So will her best friend Cardyn, and Brohn, the handsome, enigmatic boy she’s avoided all her life. The bad news? Recruitment isn’t what any of them expected.

Weeks of training await. Military and psychological tests, escape rooms, hand-to-hand combat. The Recruits are told they’re the key to winning the war. But with each day that passes, things begin to make less sense.

If only Kress had been able to bring her trained raven, Render, with her. If only none of them had ever had to come to this place.

RECRUITMENT is Book 1 in the timely Resistance Series, a story about connection as resistance within a world that demands complete obedience. Kress’s unforgettable bond with her raven, Render, adds a Golden Compass–like dynamic and could be the key to her survival.



Residing in Ontario, K.A. Riley is a top-selling self-published author in the young adult dystopian space, with over 20,000 TikTok followers. In her spare time, she loves walking her drooling pup, traveling, and interacting with readers on TikTok while chugging copious amounts of coffee. She may or may not also eat plentiful chocolate while on the treadmill.

THIS IS A DOOR de Daniel Nayeri

A groundbreaking hero’s journey from National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner, Daniel Nayeri! A young boy, a mouse, and a dog set out to find their purpose in this fairy tale adventure told in an innovative visual format that offers a one-of-a-kind reading experience.

THIS IS A DOOR
by Daniel Nayeri
Stonefruit Studio/Sourcebooks, October 2026

This is the tale of a boy named Nothing the Younger, who lives in a city on the mountaintop of a far-off and long-lost country. Everyone calls him Ing, and while he has no parents, he does have two friends: a dog, Pöppy, and a mouse, mOmO. When King Cyrus calls for a hero to find and defeat the Giantess ravaging the countryside, the king’s son, the Wander Prince, answers the call and Ing decides to follow. Along the journey, Ing (and his friends) must traverse the Land of the Dead, survive an encounter with the terrifying wimmelworm, and discover the truth of his mother and father . . . so that he may find what he’s been seeking all along―his best purpose. 

The text on each page snakes, climbs, jumps, and explodes into shapes and forms that unravel the story. This Is a Door is full of fun surprises and poignant musings that flip the classic hero’s journey on its head―all in an artistic and inventive package that is a wonder to behold.

Daniel Nayeri was born in Iran and spent some years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age seven with his family. He is the author of several books, including Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story), winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, the Christopher Medal, and the Middle Eastern Book Award, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, winner of the Newbery Honor, and The Teacher of Nomad Land, winner of the National Book Award. He lives in the U.S. with his wife and son.

SHE HAD ENOUGH de Stacie Grey

Six friends. One dinner. And a secret that won’t stay buried.

SHE HAD ENOUGH
by Stacie Grey
Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks, July 2026

Mallory Taylor was looking forward to a fun night out with old college friends—nostalgia, laughter, nothing more. But Caitlin, always the quiet one of the group, seems even more withdrawn than usual. On edge. Distant. Then, hours after the women all head their separate ways, a massive earthquake reduces San Francisco to rubble—and Caitlin disappears.

It isn’t until six months later, as the city begins to recover, that Mallory learns the truth. Was her disappearance related to the earthquake? Or was something else, something sinister, going on with Caitlin?

No one else seems alarmed. No one is asking questions. But the more Mallory digs, the more she uncovers secrets from that night: fractures in their friendships, hidden motives, and quiet betrayals. The kind of secrets people would kill to protect.

Twisty, atmospheric, and impossible to put down, SHE HAD ENOUGH is a chilling exploration of friendship, silence, and what happens when one woman refuses to stop asking questions.

Stacie Grey is the pseudonym of cozy mystery author Daisy Bateman. She lives with her husband and dog in California.