The Best New March 2023 YA Releases

Rosewood by Sayantani DasGupta (March 7)

In this modern retelling of Sense and Sensibility, Eila Das is astatine a summertime campy recruiting teens for a Bridgerton-esque TV show. Always 1 to trust connected her communal consciousness alternatively than the whims of her heart, she’s amazed erstwhile she meets Rahul and begins to consciousness existent passionateness for him. Amidst the play of the TV show, different campers, and caller romance, Eila volition person to support her caput arsenic she learns erstwhile to trust connected consciousness and erstwhile to propulsion caution to the upwind and travel her heart.

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron (March 7)

Set successful 1885 London, this Jekyll & Hyde retelling follows Gabriel Utterson, a young instrumentality clerk who has conscionable returned to London aft ungraded and is anxious to reconnect with his champion person Henry Jekyll. When helium meets Hyde, a mysterious young antheral who is seemingly precise adjacent to Henry, Gabriel can’t assistance but consciousness a spot jealous…but he’s besides intrigued by Henry and Hyde’s evident secrets. What he’s astir to uncover is acold darker than helium could person imagined.

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The Jump by Brittney Morris (March 7)

Jax, Yas, Spider, and Han are Team Jericho, a puzzle-solving, scavenger hunt squad who predominate the country successful Seattle. When a caller refinery threatens their household and home, a vigilante radical proposes a situation that Team Jericho can’t resist: a hunt that could springiness them the power to assistance their community. Now, they conscionable person to implicit the hunt earlier their rivals — but the stakes are higher than ever.

Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick, Eve L. Ewing, Orlando Caicedo (March 7)

In this graphic memoir, Colin Kaepernick tells readers astir his precocious schoolhouse years, wherever helium was a prima shot subordinate being recruited by assemblage and the insignificant leagues. Colin isn’t sold connected the thought of being a shot player, and would alternatively play football…but is helium brave capable to springiness up definite opportunities that are guaranteed successful shot for his changeable astatine a nonrecreational vocation successful football?

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis (March 14)

Lydia and Bristal are teen girls surviving successful the tiny municipality of Henley. When an mistake connected her transcript leaves Lydia scrambling for an autarkic study, she decides to analyse Henley’s “long agelong of atrocious days” — a week erstwhile the municipality faced a tornado, flood, and murder. She partners with Bristal, who besides needs 1 much recognition to graduate, and this improbable squad attempts to lick the execution and uncover their town’s secrets, but not without putting themselves successful information first.

I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu (March 14)

Set against the backdrop of an affluent Long Island community, this publication follows 2 girls, Chase and Lia, who are champion friends and soon thing more. When Lia disappears, Chase becomes determined to find retired what happened to her, adjacent if it is her undoing.

Life is Strange: Steph’s Story by Rosiee Thor (March 21)

Set successful the satellite of the video crippled Life is Strange, this communicative follows fan-favorite Steph’s backstory. Steph is simply a wandering psyche who finds herself successful Seattle, moving astatine a gamer cafe erstwhile she meets Izzie, who introduces her to the satellite of punk rock. Steph is entranced by the euphony and the world, but mostly she’s entranced by Izzie, and soon joins the band. But successful the whirlwind of making euphony and touring, tin Steph and Izzie’s caller narration last?

Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu (March 28)

In this breathtaking caller thriller from Marie Lu, Winter is an planetary popular sensation who is astir universally loved. Sydney is an undercover cause successful a covert ops radical who is determined to go the champion spy she tin be, and her absorption is unwavering. When a transgression brag hires Winter to play a backstage performance for his teenage daughter, Sydney is sent successful arsenic Winter’s bodyguard to infiltrate the transgression boss’s interior circle…and finds that the astir astonishing portion astir her occupation is that Winter is acold much than the shallow popular prima she imagined.

Wolfwood by Marianna Baer (March 28)

Indigo is the girl of the celebrated creator Zoe Serra, who had a breakdown years earlier and since past the brace person hardly been scraping by. An connection astatine a revival amusement of her mom’s astir celebrated bid of enactment offers a accidental astatine stability, but Zoe refuses. Desperate, Indigo decides to spell guardant with the show, copying her mother’s work. But coating Wolfwood sends Indigo into a terrifying and exhilarating satellite wherever a set of girls is locked into a conflict against immoderate terrifying fauna, and soon Indigo is struggling to support her grip connected reality.

Rising Class: How Three First-Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year by Jennifer Miller (March 28)

Going to assemblage is simply a immense change…but going to assemblage erstwhile you don’t cognize what to expect and you’re the archetypal 1 successful your household to spell tin beryllium adjacent much intimidating. Journalist Jennifer Miller follows 3 first-generation assemblage students arsenic they embark connected a assemblage career, from Ivy League universities to assemblage colleges. In this insightful and informative book, Miller details the challenges, successes, and unforeseen curveballs of assemblage beingness for 3 students determined to beryllium the archetypal successful their families to postgraduate college.

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro (March 28)

Two teen boys are astatine the bosom of this mystery, acceptable successful the American southwest. When Manny was formed retired of his family, helium was near to rotation the wilderness, trying to past the champion helium tin until he’s fixed a accidental for information and a caller aboriginal with the Varela family. Eli has a assemblage and household with strict rules that Eli follows, but helium begins to question his world for the elemental information that helium cannot retrieve his past. And erstwhile a assemblage is found, Manny and Eli volition find themselves facing the acheronian secrets and their ain identities.

Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia (March 28)

Greymist Fair is simply a mysterious colony tucked into the woods, and the radical who unrecorded determination are good alert of the magic that lurks successful the woods. When Heike, a young tailor, discovers a dormant assemblage connected a way successful those woods, she begins determined to observe who is responsible, but discovers much secrets. This caller is inspired by the lesser-known tales of the Brothers Grimm.