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.

Lady of Steel and Straw by Erica Ivy Rodgers
Grades 8 and up
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“Two hundred years after the wraith wars, Parson Rainier Worthington, an infamous member of the Order of Guardians, awakens from his scarecrow form to help an 18-year-old girl save the kingdom from darkness. Lady Charlotte Sand was never supposed to be the partner of a Guardian, one of the soldiers who protect against wraiths. As the daughter of the legendary Jonas Sand, her role was clear: to use her gifts to settle spirits back into their bones. But then her brother is killed by soldiers of the Cardinal’s Watch, and in direct defiance of the cardinal’s exile, Worth wakes for Charlotte.” –Kirkus Reviews

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Grades 9 and up
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“Italian American Gigi Ricci is not exactly excelling at school. Her hot temper and jiu-jitsu prowess land her in detention for starting fights and give her a formidable reputation. Her IBS has been acting up, and her love life is nonexistent (she's harbored a years-long unrequited crush on her brother's best friend). Things only get worse when Gigi and her friends, members of the Mystery and Thriller Literary Scholars club, stumble upon their math teacher dead in his classroom after school. It's ruled an accident, but the facts don't add up. The teens tackle the mystery themselves, even as they're followed by ominous threats and violent near-misses…. A funny, inclusive, and queer whodunit that teens will be dying to read.” –School Library Journal

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Grades 9 and up
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“Seventeen-year-old Oliva Owens was kicked out of her father's mansion and forced to give up her opulent lifestyle when her parents divorced. Since then, she and her mother work numerous minimum wage jobs to stay afloat but are still drowning in her mother's medical debt. With her selfish and condescending father to blame, Olivia plans an elaborate heist to steal millions of dollars from him at his upcoming wedding. Enter a ragtag group of high school students and one jilted ex-teacher. Together, Olivia and her crew tackle numerous unforeseen obstacles that stand between them and millions of dollars, including a persistent ex-boyfriend, a vindictive ex-stepmother, and a surprise foe readers will never see coming.” –School Library Journal

Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
Grades 9 and up
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“A trio of past murders connects two present-day teen girls who are determined to uncover long-buried secrets. After Olivia D’Angeli, 16, accidentally discovers that the man who raised her is not her biological father, her much older sister Andie’s plan to open a new business at Camp Lost Lake, their family’s now-closed summer camp, seems like the perfect opportunity to figure out the truth (never mind the legend of the deadly Witch of Lost Lake). The same night that three murders took place at the camp back in 2008, Olivia’s mom gave birth to her in the parking lot. Meanwhile, Reagan Knight is planning to explore the camp for proof that her mom didn’t commit the murders, even though the evidence seems to point to her, and the public believes her to be guilty. The girls’ inevitable meeting contains surprising revelations, and they must rush to put all the pieces together.” –Kirkus Reviews

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
Grades 7 and up
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“Hwa Young's first experience with Imperial lancers comes when they attack her clan on a rebel moon, destroying her home and rescuing her from the fallout. Six years later, Hwa Young is a student in a New Joseon military academy striving to become a lancer pilot, desperate to never be powerless again. Lancers are giant robots in the shape of Old Joseon's armored warriors, vital tools to enforce the Empress's will, and the strongest weapons in her arsenal.” –School Library Journal

Sequels:

Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Grades 10 and up
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“Distance and personal growth challenge Neil and Rowan’s once-perfect romance in this follow-up to 2020’s Today Tonight Tomorrow. After a whirlwind summer together, Jewish teens Neil McNair and Rowan Roth leave Seattle for different East Coast colleges. Neil reassures Rowan that the distance won’t change anything, but Rowan worries he’s wrong.” –Kirkus Reviews

The first book in the series, Today Tonight Tomorrow, can be found here.

Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou
Grades 9 and up
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“This climate-ravaged fantasy follows the electric ending of Threads That Bind. Io and the mob queen–turned-wraith Bianca are reluctant allies as they cross the Wastelands following a golden thread that Io is clinging to by her fingertips: the life thread of a god. Io doesn't know why the gods are trying to bring back the extinct line of Furies or why so many other-born are being assassinated, but the answers lie in the sprawling city of Nanzy. Her only clue is a prophecy from the descendants of the Muses: ‘She cuts the thread and the world ends.'” –School Library Journal

The first book in the series, Threads That Bind, can be found here.