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8 Books That Come Out This March

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Illinois State chapter.

The Bone Witch – Fantasy

By: Rin Chupeco

Publish Date: March 7th

Tea comes from a family of witches but is different than her family. Tea’s gift comes from necromancy, which makes her a bone witch. Since their powers can reach beyond the boundaries of the living, the bone witches are feared and ostracized. Tea must leave her home and train under an older, wiser bone witch. War is brewing in the eight kingdoms, a war that will threaten the power of her home and could even threaten the lives of the ones she loves.

You’re Welcome, Universe  – Fantasy

By: Whitney Gardner

Publish Date: March 7th

Summary: When trying to cover up a slur in the bathroom, Julia is told on and expelled from the Kingston School for the Deaf. Julia’s two mothers make Julia go to a “mainstream” school where she is treated like an outcast because she is the only deaf student. Julia graffiti’s as a way to express her art around town and learns that she isn’t the only one who does this.

Secrets of a Reluctant Princess – Contemporary

By: Casey Griffin

Publish Date: March 7th

Summary: Adrianna’s one goal is to be liked. She wears the right clothes, says the right things, and tries to be seen with the right people, though Kevin isn’t exactly the right person for this. This doesn’t stop Adrianna from having a crush on him, and the only way to hang out with him is as Princess Andy, a masked girl Kevin has been LARPing with. If he found out the truth, he would hate her.

A Psalm for Lost Girls – Mystery

By: Katie Bayerl

Publish Date: March 14th

Summary: The people in Tess da Costa’s town thinks she is a saint. When she suddenly passes away, the people in her town petition the Pope to turn Tess into an official saint. Tess’s sister, Callie, does not like this because she feels like she is losing her sister again. Callie and Tess’s secret boyfriend, Danny, try and prove that Tess was something more important than a saint. The search proves more than Callie thought and changes things for Callie.

Haunted – Retelling/Fantasy

By: Meagan Spooner

Publish Date: March 14th

Summary: This is a retelling of the classic story of “Beauty and the Beast”. When Yeva’s father loses his fortune and the family is forced to move to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly happy. She hated the pressure of idle chatter with vapid baronesses and the future of marrying a wealthy gentleman. Yeva’s father goes missing in the woods and Yeva goes in to save him. The way to do this is to track the thing her father was tracking before he disappeared.

The Heartbeats of Wing Jones – Romance

By: Katherine Webber

Publish Date: March 14th

When her golden boy brother drunk drives and kills two people, Wing is confused and angry. She never expected her brother, Marcus, to mess up and to do something this horrible. Wing is picked on at school for Marcus’s mistake and haunted at home by her mother and grandmother’s grief. Additional to that, Wing is worried that the bank will take their house because her family can’t pay Marcus’s medical bills. Wing is not able to sleep at night, so she sneaks out to the school’s track and runs. Aaron, Marcus’s best friend, sees her one night and thinks she could get a spot on the track team. Wing thinks that this could be a chance to get a coveted sponsorship from a major athletic gear company. Wing can’t pass up the opportunity to train with her longtime crush and help her family, but can she handle coming out of Marcus’s shadow and into the spotlight?

Hellworld  – Paranormal Adventure

By: Tom Leveen

Publish Date March 21st

Summary: When Abby’s mom disappears five years ago, Abby’s life fell apart. Abby doesn’t want to live like that anymore and wants answers. Abby and three of her friends go to the cave where Abby’s mom disappeared. They set off on the quest but what they find is nothing they could have imagined.

Blood Rose Rebellion – Fantasy

By: Rosalyn Eves

Publish Date: March 28th

The first book in the Blood Rose Rebellion series, Anna is born into a family of magic users but is not able to do it herself. One mistake and Anna is exiled to Hungary. While in Hungary, Anna finds out that nothing is what she thought. A rebellion spreads across the region and Anna’s unique ability becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. Anna must choose: to deny her ability and get the life she always wanted, or accept her ability and change the world.

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