Around Harvard Square
Race, class, and hormones combine and combust when a Harvard freshman and his two friends attempt to join the staff of the Harpoon, the school’s iconic humor magazine.
Subject: Young Adult/Middle Grade
Black Sheep Digit
In conjunction with the publication of Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet—the latest release from our Black Sheep imprint for Young Adults and Young Readers—we’ve created the Black Sheep Digit, comprising excerpts from Pills and Starships and our first two Black Sheep releases, Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper and Game World by C. J. Farley.
Broken Circle
For young Adam Jones, inheriting the family business is more than a rotten hand. It’s downright skeletal.
Cane Warriors
Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world.
Changers Book Four: Forever
The masterful and dramatic final installment in the highly acclaimed Changers YA series pulls no punches.
Changers Book One: Drew
The cheerleader, the nerd, the jock, the freak. What if you had to be all four?
Changers Book Three: Kim
In Book Three of this acclaimed YA series, Oryon Small transforms into Kim, an Asian American girl who must learn to separate body image from self-worth.
Changers Book Two: Oryon
In Book Two of the Changers Series, our protagonist undergoes a second transformation—returning to a male body.
Changers: Three Book Set
For a limited time, get the first three books from the Changers series (Changers Book One: Drew), Changers Book Two: Oryon, Changers Book Three: Kim) for only $15!
Game World
Launching Akashic’s new Black Sheep YA imprint, an adventure novel in a video game turned reality, with giant spiders, malevolent hummingbirds, a not-quite-yellow-brick road, and preteen children learning how to be heroes!
Home Girl
When Naomi, a fourteen-year-old white girl, is placed with a black foster care family, her life takes some dramatic twists and turns.
The Kaleidoscope Sisters
Fifteen-year-old Quinn faces an impossible decision in this quest of sisterhood and self-sacrifice.
Pills and Starships
Millet’s first YA novel explores a world devastated by global warming, and two teenagers determined to survive against all odds.
The Shark Curtain
In Scofield’s powerful debut, teenager Lily Asher takes her first steps toward a strange, loving journey to self-acceptance and belonging.
The Underdog Parade
During the summer of the drought, a boy must decide if his neighbor’s ark is lunacy or a lifeline.
Forthcoming Titles
They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood
Forthcoming: 5/4/21
In unflinchingly honest prose, Sugar Rodgers shares her inspiring story of overcoming tremendous odds to become an all-star in the WNBA.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before May 4, 2021.