Alicia Rogers

An Expanse of Blue by Kauakanilehua Māhoe Adams High School    Heartdrum/HarperCollins    464 pp. 5/26    9780063417953    $19.99 Seventeen-year-old Aouli Elizabeth Smith, a Native Hawaiian girl living in Washington State, doesn’t fit in. Unlike her perfect-seeming sister, Aouli is constantly getting into trouble and being reprimanded by their strict, demanding father. Her already unstable foundation shatters when she discovers that Dad is having an affair.

Evamar by Margarita Engle Middle School, High School    Atheneum    272 pp. 7/26    9781665988070    $19.99 Before she died, Evamar’s abuelita requested that the New Jersey seventeen-year-old take sunflower seeds infused with her ashes to spread in her homeland, Cuba. Evamar and her brother make the trip in the summer of 2024. Río, one of their guides in Cuba, also narrates some sections; a Dreamer recently deported from Florida, Río, now eighteen, is eager to find a way back to the States.

How to Lose Yourself Completely by Peter Bognanni High School    Balzer + Bray/Macmillan    352 pp. 6/26    9781250409348    $20.99 High school student Case grapples with significant anxiety that has been exacerbated by the sudden death of his beloved older brother, Sean. Case’s parents send him on an “Adventure Therapy” trip, designed to help kids like him find strategies to cope with their anxious thoughts.