- Heartstopper Vol. 2 will be available to watch on Netflix on August 3rd. The original graphic novels by Alice Oseman are available to borrow from both libraries but we'd encourage you to reserve this popular series to avoid disappointment!
- Jenny Han's It's Not Summer Without You ( alternatively titled The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2) is also being released on Amazon Prime later this week on July 14th.
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe will soon be out in theatres after premiering at the International Toronto Film Festival last autumn.
- And finally a follow up series to Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman will also be out on Prime Video on July 28th. Although there is no published material source for this sequel, this second season will be based on some of the plots invented by the two authors before the death of Pratchett in 2015.
Zyla & Kai by Kristina Forest (STM)
Alternating between the past and the present, this YA Romantic Mystery follows two students as they form a friendship over the summer, fall in love over the course of their senior year, (maybe) break up and finally run away together to the great confusion of their friends and families.
The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson (STA - Crime Spinner)
In this stand-alone mystery, Truly Devious protagonist Stevie Bell pursues her first mystery beyond Ellingham Academy. Called to Sunny Pines to work on a true crime podcast, Stevie is soon drawn into the summer camp's famous unsolved murder case but as she delves deeper into the case it becomes clear that the something evil remains and Stevie may not make it back to Ellingham alive.
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi (STA)
Author of GCH favourite Shatter Me, Tahereh Mafi turns to YA Fantasy Romance in this first installment of her brilliant Persian Mythology inspired trilogy.
Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian (STA)
KAT is sick and tired of being bullied by her former best friend.
LILLIA has always looked out for her little sister, so when she discovers that one of her guy friends has been secretly hooking up with her, she’s going to put a stop to it.
MARY is perpetually haunted by a traumatic event from years past, and the boy who’s responsible has yet to get what’s coming to him.
None of the girls can act on their revenge fantasies alone without being suspected. But together…anything is possible. With an alliance in place, there will be no more “I wish I’d said…” or “If I could go back and do things differently...” These girls will show Jar Island that revenge is a dish best enjoyed together.'
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales (STA/STM)
The 1970s classic musical Grease gets a modern update in this summery LGBTQ+ retelling.
Set in the Caribbean, Facing the Sun follows the lives of four friends throughout one summer as a hotel developer threatens their beloved community -compounding their own individual struggles and bringing the group together against a common enemy.
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean (STM)
Teenager Izumi Tanaka's life is turned upside down when she learns that her previously anonymous father is actually the Crown Prince of Japan in this fun story of family, romance and belonging.
Simone Breaks all the Rules by Debbie Rigaud (STA)
Simone and her friends attempt to end their last year at school on a high as they work through their Senior Year Bucket Lists and choose their own dates to the prom - much to the disapproval of her strict parents.
'Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. So she’s not looking for a relationship. She doesn’t see the point in igniting any romantic sparks if she’s bound to burn out.
But after a chance encounter at an end-of-term house party, Saoirse is about to break her own rules. For a girl with one blue freckle, an irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms.
Unbothered by Saoirse’s no-relationships rulebook, Ruby proposes a loophole: They don’t need true love to have one summer of fun, complete with every cliché, rom-com montage-worthy date they can dream up—and a binding agreement to end their romance come fall. It would be the perfect plan, if they weren’t forgetting one thing about the Falling in Love Montage: when it’s over, the characters actually fall in love… for real.'
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (STM)
Mars investigates a possible connection between the violent death of his twin sister and the mysterious group of beautiful girls she lived with at summer camp.
Five Survive by Holly Jackson (STM)
'Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There’s no mobile phone reception and nobody around to help. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There’s a sniper out there in the dark watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for.
A game of cat-and-mouse plays out as the group desperately tries to get help and to work out which member of the group is the target. Buried secrets are forced to light in the cramped, claustrophobic setting of the RV, and tensions within the group will reach deadly levels. Not everyone will survive the night.'
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (STA)
Follows two girls over the course of a three day festival in a beautiful story about love, grief, connection and the power of music.
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