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How Maya Got Fierce Out July 12!

How Maya Got Fierce (Fiewel & Friends/Macmillan) hits shelves on July 12! But you can preorder your copy now. Pitched as The Bold Type meets Younger, it follows 17-year-old California farm girl Maya, who should be at Cow Camp but instead accidentally scores her dream job at Fierce magazine. Only problem? They think she's 25—and her parents would kill her if they found out.

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Symptoms of a Heartbreak

Most 16-year-olds cause at least some damage on their path to adulthood. But Saira Sehgal has vowed to first do no harm. A girl genius, she’s the youngest MD in America—and she hasn’t picked an easy specialty: She’s working in the cancer ward. Saira’s always been good at getting what she wants, but she’s new to adult challenges—like getting out from under the thumb of her doting mother, who works at the same hospital, and proving herself to coworkers who don’t take her seriously. But when she falls for a teen patient who has cancer, she'll learn just how far she's willing to go to save a life.

Turns out “heartbreak” is one ailment Saira still doesn’t know how to treat.

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Tiny Pretty Things  #1 on Netflix!

On December 14, CAKE Literary co-founders Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton’s TINY PRETTY THINGS premiered on Netflix, quickly climbing the streamer's most-watched list and hitting the number one spot, both in the United States and globally, by the next weekend. The show is based on the YA duology about a trio of badass ballerinas competing for the top spot at a cutthroat ballet school.

Ten episodes were shot in Toronto, and  Deadline.com revealed the cast, which is truly stellar.

Check out all things TINY PRETTY THINGS over at EpicReads.com.

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