One of the best parts of my job is ordering new books for the Edge–reading the reviews, seeing what popular authors come up with next, or finding out about an upcoming sequel to an old favorite. Read on to find out about some of the new YA fiction titles coming to our shelves this month.

Everyone’s Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni
Grades 9 and up
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“Estranged British Nigerian cousins Iyanu and Kitan are two of the few Black students attending Wodebury Hall, an English countryside boarding school. While day student Iyanu, a budding photographer, prefers to fade into the background, affluent boarder Kitan has situated herself at the top of the social food chain alongside her white besties. But Iyanu is thrust into the spotlight when photos she took of her classmates at the recent winter fair vanish from the school’s darkroom and begin appearing around campus with cruel rumors and comments written on them. Resolving to clear her name, Iyanu—accompanied by her crush—set out to uncover the culprit.” –Publisher's Weekly

Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite
Grades 8 and up
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“Teeming with betrayal, secrets, and power struggles, Lapite’s debut will have readers on the edge of their seats. Raised in the forest with her guardians, Kalothia has known a quiet life and is patiently waiting to be reunited with her parents. When violence intrudes upon her peaceful existence, Kalothia lands in the heart of the king’s court with even more shocking news: she is the last living heir to the late king. Surrounded by royals who have their own agendas, Kalothia must determine friend from foe and prove to the court that a woman can lead.” –Booklist

Gallows Hill by Lois Ruby
Grades 7 and up
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“Two teens come of age during the Salem witch trials. After losing their father on the ship from England, Thomas, a 15-year-old Quaker, has just arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, with Grace, his younger sister. It’s February 1692, and they reach their new home just as girls exhibiting abnormal behavior are believed to be bewitched and community members are accused of practicing witchcraft. Struggling in a Puritan community that is not welcoming to Quakers, Thomas eventually finds work as a shoemaker’s apprentice and locates housing with cantankerous Goodwidow Blevins. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Puritan Patience is alarmed when her younger sister, Abigail, succumbs to frightening fits.” –Kirkus Reviews

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Grades 10 and up
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“A dark academia standalone for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig. In her YA debut, Reid has created a world steeped in mythos with a timeless historical feel. Reluctant architecture student Effy Sayre would rather be in the literature college studying the late Emrys Myrddin, whose fairy tales have anchored her through dark times—especially the Angharad, about an evil Fairy King who marries a mortal. When Effy wins the contest Myrddin's family holds to redesign his famed estate, she heads to the strange land that is the Bottom Hundred, and Myrddin's even stranger estate. At the manor, Effy finds a crumbling legacy and Preston, a skeptical student of the literature college who doesn't believe Myrddin wrote his most famous work.” –School Library Journal

Rez Ball by Byron Graves
Grades 8 and up
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“Tre wants to play basketball—for his brother, for his reservation, and for his future. Ojibwe sophomore Tre Brun from Red Lake Nation Reservation in Minnesota recently lost Jaxon, his high school basketball star brother, in a car accident. All Tre wants to do these days is read graphic novels, hang out with his friends, get new girl Khiana to like him back, and play basketball. With dreams of making it in the NBA and one day becoming the subject of best friend Wes’ first documentary, Tre hopes to make varsity this school year and help his brother’s old team, the Warriors, finally make it to states.” –Kirkus Reviews

The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde
Grades 9 and up
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“After a Nigerian British girl goes off to an exclusive boarding school that seems to prey on less-privileged students, she discovers there might be some truth behind an urban legend. Ife Adebola joins the Urban Achievers scholarship program at pricey, high-pressure Nithercott School, arriving shortly after a student called Leon mysteriously disappeared. Gossip says he’s a victim of the glowing-eyed Changing Man who targets the lonely, leaving them changed. Ife doesn’t believe in the myth, but amid the stresses of Nithercott’s competitive, privileged, majority-white environment, where she is constantly reminded of her state school background, she does miss her friends and family. When Malika, a fellow Black scholarship student, disappears and then returns, acting strangely devoid of personality, Ife worries the Changing Man is real—and that she’s next.” –Kirkus Reviews