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New Releases: June 11, 2024

Middle Grade

Camp Prodigy by Caroline Palmer

After attending an incredible concert, Tate Seong is inspired to become a professional violist. There’s just one problem: they’re the worst musician at their school.

Tate doesn’t even have enough confidence to assert themself with their friends or come out as nonbinary to their family, let alone attempt a solo anytime soon. Things start to look up when Tate attends a summer orchestra camp—Camp Prodigy—and runs into Eli, the remarkable violist who inspired Tate to play in the first place.

But Eli has been hiding their skills ever since their time in the spotlight gave them a nervous breakdown. Together, can they figure out how to turn Tate into a star and have Eli overcome their performance anxieties? Or will the pressure take them both down?

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Continue reading New Releases: June 11, 2024

Fave Five: Books for Fans of Our Flag Means Death

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (YA)

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (YA)

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (YA, audiobook narrated by Vico Ortiz)

A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Peter Darling by Austin Chant

Bonus: Coming in June and July 2024, respectively, check out Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland and Peregrine Seas by R.C. Ballad