Oh my G--d because February is a shorter month, I need to put in library purchase requests sooner!
Finally decided:
* The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher
* Chaos, Crossing by Olivia Elias, tr. K.J. Abu-Zeid
* The Leopard Princess: Book I of the Wonderful Somali Nights by M.O. Hadji and Jose Lorenzo Pacheco (picture book - does anyone know what happened to possible sequels?)