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New Releases: October 21, 2025

Young Adult

Don’t Forget to Breathe by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum

Zoe’s always had a plan. Ballet has been her past, present, and future for so long that she’s never even considered otherwise. It’s been the escape she’s always needed. Yet when senior year arrives, it arrives with a feeling of uncertainty she never expected—and a paralyzing fear about choosing the wrong future.

Hanna’s rarely stayed in a place longer than a year. The greatest consistency she has is her piano playing, and her dad diving back into his Jewish faith every time her mom leaves on assignment. So when her senior year begins with yet another move to a new school, she’s not planning on putting down roots—she’s learned that hard way how that ends.

But when the girls’ paths collide, everything they thought they knew is turned upside down. Their relationship could change them each forever—if they have the courage to let their worlds fall apart.

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Fave Five: Queer Female MCs with ADHD, Part II

For Part I, click here.
For Male MCs, click here.

Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet (MG)

All-Nighter by Cecilia Vinesse (YA)

What is Love? by Jen Comfort

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

Bonus: Coming up in October, Don’t Forget to Breathe by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum (YA)

Happy Jewish American Heritage Month 2025!

Happy Jewish American Heritage Month! We’re celebrating as we do with books starring Jewish protagonists, and for more recs, check out previous years’ posts!

Children’s

Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration)

Atara loves to wear her crown – to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a girl, not a boy, like everyone thought at first. But when Atara reads the story of Queen Esther, on the Jewish holiday of Purim – she realises that you don’t need a costume to express who you really are…

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