2018 MG DEBUTS by Joy McCullough

As a debut author with my first book releasing in March, I have the wonderful privilege of being a part of the Electric Eighteens, a group of MG and YA authors who all have debut novels releasing this year. There are some VERY exciting new middle grade voices this year and I wanted to take this opportunity to give you a glimpse at some of what is headed your way!

So here’s a calendar of just SOME of the awesome MG debuts headed your way!

JANUARY

Anna Meriano | LOVE SUGAR MAGIC: A DASH OF TROUBLE

Walden Pond Press/Harper
MG Fantasy
January 2, 2018

Jackie Yeager | SPIN THE GOLDEN LIGHT BULB
Amberjack
MG Magical Realism
January 9, 2018

Margaret Mincks | PAYBACK ON POPLAR LANE
Viking Children’s/PRH
MG Contemporary Humor
January 30, 2018

FEBRUARY

Kamilla Benko | THE UNICORN QUEST

Bloomsbury

MG Fantasy

February 6, 2018

E. Latimer | 
THE STRANGE AND DEADLY PORTRAITS OF BRYONY GRAY
Tundra/PRH
MG Gothic Fantasy
February 13, 2018

Brad McLelland & Louis Sylvester | 
LEGENDS OF THE LOST CAUSES
Henry Holt & Company
MG Adventure
February 20, 2018

Sayantani DasGupta | THE SERPENT’S SECRET
Scholastic
MG Fantasy Adventure
February 27 2018

 

MARCH 

Tae Keller | THE SCIENCE OF BREAKABLE THINGSPenguin Random House
MG Contemporary
March 6, 2018

Jen Petro-Roy | P.S. I MISS YOU

Feiwel & FriendsMG ContemporaryMarch 6, 2018

Diane Magras | THE MAD WOLF’S DAUGHTER
Kathy Dawson Books/Penguin Young Readers
MG Historical Adventure
March 6, 2018

Jonathan Roth | BEEP AND BOB
S&S/Aladdin
Humorous sci-fi chapter book
March 13, 2018

Daniel Wheatley | THE ZANNA FUNCTION

Jolly Fish Press
MG Fantasy
March 20, 2018 

Kheryn Callender | HURRICANE CHILD
Scholastic
MG Magic Realism
March 27, 2018

APRIL

Henry Lien | PEASPROUT CHEN, FUTURE LEGEND OF SKATE AND SWORD 

Henry Holt & Company
MG Fantasy
April 3, 2018

Will Taylor | 
MAGGIE & ABBY’S NEVERENDING PILLOW FORT
HarperCollins
MG Contemporary Fantasy
April 3, 2018

Lauren Abbey Greenberg | 

THE BATTLE OF JUNK MOUNTAIN
Running Press
MG Contemporary
April 17, 2018

Laurie Morrison | EVERY SHINY THING
Abrams
MG Contemporary
April 17, 2018

MAY

 

A.M. Morgen | THE INVENTORS AT NO. 8
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
MG Adventure
May 8, 2018

J.H. Diehl | TINY INFINITIES
Chronicle Books
MG Contemporary
May 8, 2018

Jeff Seymour |  NADYA SKYLUNG AND THE CLOUDSHIP RESCUE 
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Fantasy Adventure
May 15, 2018

Kelly Yang | FRONT DESK
Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
MG Contemporary
May 29, 2018

JUNE

Samantha M. Clark | 
THE BOY, THE BOAT & THE BEAST
Paula Wiseman Books/S&S
MG Magic Realism
June 26, 2018

Mae Respicio | THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT
Wendy Lamb Books/Random House
MG Contemporary
June 12, 2018 

Melissa Sarno | JUST UNDER THE CLOUDS
Knopf
MG Contemporary
June 5, 2018

JULY

Cindy Baldwin | 

WHERE THE WATERMELONS GROW
Harper Collins Children’s
MG Contemporary
July 3, 2018

K.A. Reynolds | THE LAND OF YESTERDAY
Harper Collins Children’s
MG Fantasy
July 31, 2018

 

AUGUST

 Saadia Faruqi | YASMIN SERIES
Capstone
Chapter Books Contemporary
August 1, 2018

Brigit Young | WORTH A THOUSAND WORDSRoaring Brook Press/Macmillan
MG Contemporary
August 14th, 2018

Ben Langhinrichs | 

DANGER TASTES DREADFUL
Clean Reads/Astraea Press
MG Fantasy
August 14, 2018

Lija Fisher | THE CRYPTID CATCHER
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
MG Adventure
August 21, 2018 

Ann Braden | THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS
Sky Pony Press
MG Contemporary
September 4, 2018

SEPTEMBER

Sean Easley | THE HOTEL BETWEEN
Simon & Schuster BFYR
MG Adventure
September 4, 2018

Hayley Chewins | THE TURNAWAY GIRLS

Walker Books/Candlewick
MG Fantasy
September 2018

Allison Varnes | PROPERTY OF THE REBEL LIBRARIAN

Random House Children’s Books
MG Contemporary
September 2018

Ginger Johnson | THE SPLINTERED LIGHT
Bloomsbury
MG Fantasy
September 4^th, 2018

Christina Collins | AFTER ZERO
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
MG Contemporary
Fall 2018

Amanda Rawson Hill | THE THREE RULES OF EVERYDAY MAGIC
Boyds Mills Press
MG Contemporary
September 25, 2018

OCTOBER

Tara Gilboy | UNWRITTEN
Jolly Fish
MG Fantasy
October 16, 2018

Marie Miranda Cruz | EVERLASTING NORAStarscape TOR/Macmillan
MG Contemporary
October 2, 2018

Melanie Sumrow | THE PROPHET CALLSYellow Jacket/Little Bee Books
MG Contemporary
Fall 2018