Welcome to Issue #114!
The trees are whispering…
Friends, welcome to another exciting issue of The Pond Book News! Twice a month, The Quiet Pond brings you a fresh issue of book news to catch you up on the week’s lineup of diverse cover reveals, book news, and sometimes more! Now, onwards to the brilliant books!
Cover Reveal: Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpek, and Zelda Knight
Illustration: Manzi Jackson | Design: Christine Foltzer | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Will Do Magic for Small Change by Andrea Hairston
Design: Jamie Stafford-Hill | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
Illustration: Jack Hughes | Design: Corina Lupp | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: The Getaway by Lamar Giles
Design: Maeve Norton | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Other Side of the Tracks by Charity Alyse
Illustration: Alexis Franklin | Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Love from Mecca to Medina by S. K. Ali
Illustration: Mary Kate McDevitt | Design: Lucy Ruth Cummins | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Briarcliff Prep by Brianna Peppins
Illustration: Kingsley Nebechi | Design: Zareen Johnson | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
Illustration: Natalie Shaw | Design: Chris Kwon | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: The Lords of Night: A Shadow Bruja Novel by J. C. Cervantes
Illustration: Alba Palacio | Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Design: Jeff Manning | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Seoulmates by Susan Lee
Illustration: Michelle Kwon | Design: Gigi Lau | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
Illustration: Jon Barakat | Design: Rich Deas | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Road of the Lost by Nafiza Azad
Illustration: TBA | Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Well, That was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: The Gingerbread Witch by Alexandra Overy
Illustration: Petur Antonsson | Design: Neil Swaab | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: House of Yesterday by Deeba Zargarpur
Illustration: Melina Ghadimi | Design: Trisha Previte | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Eden’s Everdark by Karen Strong
Illustration: Kaitlin June | Design: Sarah Creech | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: The Empress of Time by Kylie Lee Baker
Illustration: Jessica Coppet | Design: Kathleen Oudit | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Rumaysa: Ever After by Radiya Hafiza
Illustration: Rhaida El Touny | Design: Rachel Vale | Goodreads link TBA!
Cover Reveal: The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix
Illustration: Eliot Baum | Design: Karyn Lee | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting by Roseanne A. Brown
Illustration: El Carna | Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall
Illustration: Sarah Maxwell | Design: Corina Lupp | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
Illustration: Kemi Mai | Design: Kerri Resnick | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
Illustration: Mirelle Ortega | Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria by George Jreije
Illustration: Khadijah Khatib | Design: Molly Fehr | Add this book to Goodreads!
Cover Reveal: A Taste of Magic by J. Elle
Illustration: Brittany Jackson | Design: TBA | Add this book to Goodreads!
Book Announcement: A queer YA debut by Keah Brown following a Black girl with cerebral palsy falling in love with her best friend
Book Announcement: A YA thriller by Kosoko Jackson about a murder, and a creature lurking in the school forest
Book Announcement: A debut fantasy novel by Prashanth Srivatsa set in an Indian-inspired world where spices are magical
Book Announcement: A debut fantasy YA by Miranda Sun about a Chinese American girl who resurrects her nemesis, featuring a hate-to-love romance and a multi-generational feud
Book Announcement: Coco Ma’s forthcoming YA fantasy book series set in a near-future New York City, featuring a tournament and underground creatures lurking in the dark
“The first in an urban fantasy duology pitched as Warcross meets These Violent Delights, the book is set in a near-future New York City where an organization known as The Syndicate protects the city against deadly underground creatures who rule the night, and follows a teenage maverick hell-bent on winning a tournament held by The Syndicate in order to secure her dream job and destroy the monsters that changed everything.“
Book Announcement: A whirlwind YA rom-com by Sarvenaz Tash featuring a musical Iranian American teen who must pretend to be majoring in business when her parents suddenly show up in New York
Book Announcement: A queer YA fantasy duology by Jasmine Skye following a shapeshifter and a magical princess
Book Announcement: A cute middle-grade set in a boutique hotel about two magical matchmakers by Claire Kann
Book Announcement: A YA novel by Mahogany L. Browne consisting of interwoven snippets about life in Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic
Book Announcement: A middle-grade fantasy by Kiyash Monsef about an Iranian American girl thrust into the world of magical veterinary
“Kendra Levin at Simon & Schuster has preempted world rights (along with S&S Children’s Books UK) to Kiyash Monsef’s debut novel Once There Was, about an Iranian American girl who, after her father is murdered, discovers that he was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures out of the bedtime tales he told her as a child, and that she must take up his mantle despite the many dangers. Described as All Creatures Great and Small meets Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the upper middle grade novel is slated for spring 2023.”
The Quiet Pond 
Thanks so much for sharing these! I don’t know if I’m more uplifted by these gorgeous covers, or by the hope and excitement in every single post from each author. What a lovely thing to brighten a day!
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