About This Contest
Welcome to Publishers Weekly’s Summer/Fall 2023 Grab a Galley. We’re excited to share some of the buzziest titles hitting the shelves next season with you.
Our wonderful publishing partners have not held back. With nearly 200 titles, this Grab a Galley has it all: Cold War spy thrillers, epic love stories, moving memoirs, YA fantasy, LGBTQ romance, coming-of-age middle grade novels, hilarious picture books, and maybe even a ghost story tucked into a family drama.
Spanning every age group and category, this outstanding collection also includes highly anticipated books from speakers at the U.S. Book Show. Browse through the collection either by category or by selecting All Titles on the navigation bar, and stock up on captivating reads. Choose the Thumbnail display option below to view an entire category or use the Slideshow to flip through one title at a time.
Enter to win as many books as you’d like. There’s no limit on the number of entries. Simply select the books you want, add them to your swag bag and click View Swag Bag on the navigation bar. The list of books you’ve selected will appear, and you can remove or add titles. When your list is complete, click Enter to Win Now.
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Middle Grade
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1 of 20 titles
Alterations
Union Square Kids
In this debut middle-grade graphic novel, cartoonist and animator Ray Xu tells a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story highlights the struggle of feeling invisible while yearning to be seen. Although he lives in a crowded Toronto apartment above the family’s store, he mostly goes unnoticed. And as one of the few Asian kids in school, he gets unwelcome attention. Will Kevin’s class trip finally turn his life around.
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2 of 20 titles
The Big Book of Baking for Kids: Favorite Recipes to Make and to Share from American Girl
Weldon Owen
American Girl’s BIGGEST baking book yet! Packed with more than 100 delicious recipes for cookies, cakes, brownies and more that kids love to bake, eat, and share!
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3 of 20 titles
Clara Poole and the Long Way Round
Pixel+Ink
When an unintended flight over Michigan in her class science project—a lawn chair held aloft by balloons—brings her instant celebrity, Clara Poole is invited to be the spokesperson for a round-the-world adventure race. But when her father refuses, Clara forges his signature and runs away to Paris to take her place in the skies. If only she’d read the fine print first.
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4 of 20 titles
Creeples!
Greenleaf Book Group
It’s GREMLINS meets GOOSEBUMPS set at a present-day Hogwarts School of “Weird Science.” Three desperate students hastily crowdfund a science experiment that accidentally creates six diminutive, magical humanoids - the CREEPLES. But more shocking, it uncovered an insider’s evil plan for demonic supremacy from their academy’s hidden powers of sorcery.
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5 of 20 titles
Eagle Drums
Roaring Brook Press
“A masterpiece!” —Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper's Daughter
Part cultural folklore, part origin myth about the Iñupiaq Messenger’s Feast, this magical adventure novel follows a young hunter who travels to a mountaintop and is confronted by a terrifying eagle god. Faced with a choice between death or following the god, the boy embarks on a harrowing journey. Along the way, he learns some unexpected lessons about the natural world, the past that shapes us, and the community that binds us.
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6 of 20 titles
Emma Just Medium: The Beach Dilemma
Red Chair Press
Even though her family calls her Emma Bemma, Emma knows she is really just Medium. That’s because she’s the middle kid between her two brothers, who everyone calls Big and Little. Big thinks he's the coolest kid on the planet now that he's 10. And everyone thinks Little is just adorable even when he picks his nose! What if she could get out of being the middle by taking on a new role? What if she acted BIG? Or even bigger than that?
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7 of 20 titles
Forever Twelve
Random House Children’s Books
Award-winning author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Stacy McAnulty, immerses readers in a thrilling magical story that asks the impossible question: What if you could live forever? This is the first book in an eagerly anticipated duology about three kids ensnared by a centuries-old secret to immortality that will change their lives forever . . . and ever.
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8 of 20 titles
Frankinschool Book 1: Monster Match
Red Chair Press
Book 1 in the series set in a school is about a boy named Fred who "turns into "Frankenstein's monster after an author visit gone wrong. While Fred is out sick, the author signs Fred's book “To Frank”. When Fred's classmate suggests Fred must really be “Frank” in school, this sparks an idea for Fred's creative writing assignment. Fred's What-If poem is coming together wonderfully, until--a mist fills the room, and the writing assignment comes to life.
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9 of 20 titles
Grave Mistakes
Disney Publishing Group
A twelve-year-old's family is deadly embarrassing (literally) in this modern middle grade coming-of-age mystery that crosses the madcap macabre humor of The Addams Family with a poignant depiction of friendship, grief, and finding your way home (even if your home is in a graveyard).
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10 of 20 titles
How to Navigate Middle School: Kid Confident Book 4
American Psychological Association / Magination Press®
How to Navigate Middle School shows readers how to handle the increasing academic demands of middle school, organizational skills and time management, how to be self-determined, have grit, and a sense of agency. This book will help you separate fact from fiction and give you the tools and strategies you will need to find your place and be your best self in middle school.
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11 of 20 titles
The Hurricane Girls
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A coming-of-age middle grade novel about three best friends born in the wake of Hurricane Katrina who must confront storms of their own 12 years later, from a National Book Award winning author.
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12 of 20 titles
Jawbreaker
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers
A Summer/Fall 2023 Indies Introduce pick!
Max Plink’s life is complicated. Her parents aren’t getting along, the school bullies are relentless, and now Max has to wear painful (and totally awkward) orthodontic headgear nicknamed “the jawbreaker.”
Even worse, the journalism competition Max wants to enter has a video component. But being on camera means showing her face. Going viral is the last thing Max needs, but winning this competition is what she wants most. Turns out, following her dreams is complicated, too.
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13 of 20 titles
Lost At Sea! Shipwrecks
Lonely Planet Kids
Discover over 12 gripping retellings of notable shipwrecks in this mind-blowing kid's book packed with heroic escapes, daring rescues and danger on the high seas. Find amazing illustrations, historic photography and interactive elements that reveal extra twists and surprises: a must-buy for curious minds fascinated by dramatic real-life events.
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14 of 20 titles
Monster Support Group: The Mummy’s Curse
Flying Eye Books
Follow Anatiti as she joins Monster Support Group in her quest to ascend! Anatiti, a young pharoh who refused to listen to her advisors, is on a journey to the afterlife. But the underworld is riddled with dangerous challenges that she cannot unlock, leaving her trapped between life and death. Will she finally learn to take advice and cross over into the afterlife?
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15 of 20 titles
Nell & The Netherbeast
Andrews McMeel Kids
The Netherbeast, a slinking creature with an overwhelming stench impossibly charms young Nell. Befriending this shapeshifter propels Nell into an unforgettable summer. A beast, a haunting, a fire, and a basement that should be avoided at all costs are just part of the adventures Nell didn’t ask for. This story is equally heart-pounding and heartwarming.
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16 of 20 titles
Rain Falling on Embers
Vesuvian Books
A rebellious, fish out of water thirteen-year-old struggles to survive her new reality after the death of her father, moving to a strange town with family she doesn’t know, and an escalating conflict with the son of a powerful man who has ties to her family’s past. A blend of adventure and psychological insight recommended for preteen book discussion circles and fans of Beverly, Right Here.
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17 of 20 titles
The Spirit Glass
Disney Publishing Group
Inspired by Roshani Chokshi's Filipino heritage this story follows, Corazon who wants to learn babaylan magic so she can keep her ghostly parents in her life. Corazon and her gecko companion befriend a ghost boy named Leo who acts as their guide through the spirits world as she collects the blessings she needs to put a vengeful specter to rest.
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18 of 20 titles
Spooky Stories of the World
Lonely Planet Kids
This spine-tingling collection of spooky stories features over 20 eerie tales from across the globe. Discover bewitching retellings of ghost- and monster-filled myths regaled with ghoulish relish, and journey continent-by-continent through this haunting book. With shocks and twists like you wouldn’t believe – are you brave enough to read them all?
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19 of 20 titles
Tessa Miyata Is No Hero
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A thrilling and charming middle grade fantasy steeped in Japanese lore and mythology. Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Graci Kim, this brand new fantasy adventure will grip readers from the very first page and never let go.
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20 of 20 titles
Totally Psychic
Inkyard Press
Paloma Ferrer is psychic. In fact, everyone in her family line has “the gift.” Now that Paloma has come into her powers, she dreams of becoming a famous medium, just like her beloved grandma. Perfect for fans of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, this debut middle grade features a Cuban-American tween medium navigating friends, family and ghosts!
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