Today we’re thrilled to welcome Trace Kerr to the site to reveal the cover for her upcoming post-apocalyptic YA debut, The Names We Take, releasing from Ooligan Press on May 19th, 2020! Here’s a little more about the book:

When she takes in twelve-year-old Iris in the aftermath of a modern-day plague, seventeen-year-old Pip has no way of knowing what this decision entails. A tragedy forces the two to flee Spokane, dodging slave traders, gangs, and worse. Along the way, they meet Fly, an older girl, and the three find a family in each other. As their situation grows more perilous, they must grapple with their identities in this dangerous new world.

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And here’s the gorgeous cover, designed by Des Hewson!

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Trace Kerr (she/her) is a lifelong Pacific Northwesterner who never uses an umbrella when it rains. When she’s not prowling the shelves of indie bookstores in Spokane, she co-hosts the Brain Junk podcast and writes books about undaunted queer teens and magic. Trace is a former bookfair coordinator and a published short-story author. The Names We Take is her first novel.

Follow her on Twitter at @teakerr or online at www.TraceKerr.com.