Justine Winans

. Sept. 2026. 304p. Tr $20.99. ISBN 9781547618811. Gr 9 Up COPY ISBN Gr 9 Up–Schuyler Thompson is an evil spirit. No matter how much she hates it, she knows she deserves this fate. That is, until she accidentally possesses Enzo, the boyfriend of the girl living in Schuyler’s old house, Wren, and everything starts to change.

Your Boyfriend Needs an Exorcist An unexpected turn of events provides a lonely ghost with a second chance at life in this uplifting horror-comedy from Winans (How to Survive a Slasher), which sensitively touches on themes of toxic masculinity, emotional abuse, and sexual assault. Years after dying in a car accident, 15-year-old Schuyler, who reads as white, haunts her neighborhood as an evil spirit, periodically succumbing to uncontrollable fits of bloodthirsty violence.

Cindy L. Rodriguez. HarperCollins, $19.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-327685-7 A Brazilian-born tween discovers a mythical beast’s egg in this high-spirited, environmentally conscious fantasy from Rodriguez (Lola Reyes is So Not Worried). Aurelia isn’t supposed to touch Avó Lucia’s things, but when curiosity gets the best of the 11-year-old New York City resident, Auri finds in a closet an item that suggests her parents didn’t die in an accident as she and her older sister Julia believe.