Summer Bird Blue is officially out in the world.

SUMMER BIRD BLUE officially released on Tuesday, and my heart is very full. Here are some of the wonderful places the book has been featured recently:

• Bustle’s “The New Bob Woodward Book & 10 Other Books You Need To Know This Week”

• Paste Magazine’s “10 of the Best Young Adult Novels of September 2018”

• Riveted’s “5 Reasons to be Riveted by Akemi Dawn Bowman’s SUMMER BIRD BLUE”

• Book Riot’s “Riot Roundup: The Best Books We Read in August 2018”

• YA Pride chose SUMMER BIRD BLUE as their September #YAPrideBookClub pick!

• BookPage reviewed SUMMER BIRD BLUE and called it “a diverse, sensitive and hopeful portrayal of a teen simultaneously struggling with questions of personal identity and difficult external circumstances.”

• SUMMER BIRD BLUE was included in Goodreads’ “The Ultimate Fall Reading List for YA Book Fans”