Fresh out of high school, Lou’s plan is to spend the summer taking photographs and hoping to catch the attention of Ivy, her close friend and secret crush.īut when an afternoon hiking trip ends in a tragic accident, Lou finds herself lost, ridden with guilt, and unsure how to connect with her friends. But Lou doesn’t care for fashion, nor does she wish to be seen.

Out of nowhere, every agent in the Portland area wants to represent her. To her own dismay, Lou is a natural model: tall, thin, captivatingly androgynous, and with a striking look. If she isn’t careful, the market might just end up claiming her too.īuy it: Bookshop | Amazon | IndieBound Adult Body Grammar by Jules Ohman (June 14th) Everything–from the food and wares, to the goblins themselves–is a haunting temptation for any human who manages to find their way in.ĭetermined to save Neela, Lou learns songs and spells and tricks that will help her navigate this dangerous world and slip past a goblin’s defenses–but she only has three days to find Neela before the market disappears and her aunt becomes one of them forever. The market is a place Lou has only read about–twisted streets, offerings of sweet fruits and incredible jewels. Lou never believed in superstitions or magic–until her teenage aunt Neela is kidnapped to the goblin market. Salem’s Lot meets The Darkest Part of the Forest in this horror-fantasy retelling of Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market.”

The girls immediately embark on a whirlwind investigation that takes them from the lowliest brothels of Potosí to the highest echelons of the Spanish aristocracy.īuy it: Bookshop | Amazon | IndieBound Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino Then, on the night Kiki’s engagement to the Viceroy’s son is announced, her older brother―heir to her family’s fortune―is murdered.

They pass their time fighting, gambling, and falling desperately in love with one another.

But when night falls, they trade in their silks and lace for swords and muskets, venturing out into the vibrant, bustling, crime-ridden streets of Potosí, in the Spanish Empire’s Viceroyalty of Peru. Two teen vigilantes set off on an action-packed investigation to expose corruption and deliver justice in Valiant Ladies, Melissa Grey’s YA historical fiction novel inspired by real seventeenth century Latinx teenagers known as the Valiant Ladies of Potosí.īy day Eustaquia “Kiki” de Sonza and Ana Lezama de Urinza are proper young seventeeth century ladies. Young Adult Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

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