Phoenix Book Company

06/11/2026

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Set in Florida, Gods and Comics by Kat Cho offers readers insight on Korean mythology while also telling a story about the power of belief. Cho weaves her tale through the perspective of Grace Xavier Bak, a seventeen-year-old overachiever who designs webtoon episodes and is prone to anxiety attacks....

06/09/2026

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Set in West Fork, Colorado, at Meddlehart Academy, A House of Vipers is Emma Jackson’s debut young adult novel. A boarding school for young people with wealthy parents, Meddlehart has a hidden treasure story, but is there really a buried treasure or is the story just one to entice the youth to joi...

06/05/2026

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Set in Massachusetts, Found Sound by Meg Wolitzer and Charlie Panek begins with Felix Frank almost missing his fifth grade graduation since it’s easier to ignore the world than to listen to it. As a middle child, Felix feels like his parents don’t ever listen to him. His younger brother, Miles, ...

06/03/2026

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Set in 2425’s London, Burn the Water by Billy Ray begins with the world in peril. The polar ice caps have melted, the world is underwater, and the Rogues and the Crowns have been engaged in a centuries-long war. Now in its fourth century, death, water, and war are all London knows. With uncertaint...

06/03/2026

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06/01/2026

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In Phoenix, Book One of her Ride On Series, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley introduces middle grade readers to her knowledge of and love for horses. Set in Tennessee, this first installment follows the life of Harper whose mother and father are divorcing. When “the Bomb” hits, everything familiar disa...

06/01/2026

05/29/2026

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With We’re a Bad Idea, Right? K.L. Walther writes a hilarious romance for young adults. Set in Connecticut, this coming-of-age story explores themes of friendship, love, and self-discovery. Told with just the right amount of realism, the rom-com pulls in the reader with characters who are full of ...

05/26/2026

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Readers of Carl Hiaasen and Katherine Applegate will likely enjoy the Mystery on Macaw Mountain by María José Fitzgerald. Set in 2007 in Copán, Honduras, Fitzgerald’s novel for middle grade readers features two pairs of siblings who are cousins. Teresa Paz-Murcia (aka Tessa) is a ten-year-old f...