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POWERLESSHanna Super is an anomaly in her appropriately named family. Her deceased mother, two sisters, and two brothers all developed superpowers by the...
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OUR POOLThe sounds of clanking in the locker room, a pause to apply sunblock, the muffling of noises under the water—everything about this outing is...
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MANY WORLDSThis diverse and vibrant short story collection pivots around the Simulacrum—an entity of an unknown origin that copies the world over and over,...
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THE PURPLE PRESIDENCY 2024The author observes that, contrary to popular belief, the ideological polarization that currently beleaguers the United States is not the...
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THAT YOU REMEMBERIn 2019, Aleena Rowan is sifting through the belongings of her recently deceased father, a businessman who was “always gone” and a “mystery” to...
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THE MARSEILLE CONNECTIONThe French Connection that smuggled heroin to the United States through Marseille, France, was one of the most notorious drug trafficking...
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THE NECESSITY OF YOUNG ADULT FICTIONA more accurate title for this book, part of the publisher’s Literary Agenda series, would have been The Necessity of Speculative Fiction , as...
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THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUBImogen “Mo” Finch blames her single status on her ability to read people’s auras—rose gold for love, teal for heartbreak; no one wants to be...
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ODDBIRDA group of brightly hued birds are clustered around the pool, but no one is taking a dip—they’re more interested in “showing off their fabulous...
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DEATH COMES TO MARLOWYou know someone’s in serious danger of dying when he phones you out of the blue the day before his second marriage, asks you to a party that...
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THE GREAT CLIVETTEMerton Clive Cook (1868-1931), known in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as The Great Clivette, was a true Renaissance man who traveled...
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C TRAINThe city is bustling with activity, playing out on miles of sidewalks. Underneath these, C Train transports diverse people from all walks of...
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THE PLAGUERose, the prolific author of On Violence and On Violence Against Women , The Question of Zion , Women in Dark Times , and other...
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SALT ISLANDIn this second series installment, private eye Marissa “Mari” Ellwyn and her partner, Derek Abernathy, are hired to investigate a suspicious...
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A PLAGUE OF MERCIESGabriel is a lonely, troubled, and divorced industrial designer who lives in an apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Each day he...
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PAGEBOYPage (b. 1987) made headlines when he came out as queer in 2014 and again when he let the world know that he was a trans man in 2020. The latter...
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FLIGHT ACROSS WATERSIt took months, but Vancouver Police Constable Ben Malik finally takes his wife, Amy Robinson Malik, on a honeymoon to nearby Galiano Island....
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SLEEPING WITH THE ANCESTORSMcGill’s work history began as a National Park Service ranger at Fort Sumter National Monument, where the Civil War is said to have begun, a...
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NORTHRANGERWith bills piling up, 16-year-old Mexican American Cade Muñoz has no choice but to spend his summer shoveling horse poop with stepfather Dale at...
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CARAVANS IN THE DARKIn the late 1930s, a Romani family travels though the prewar Czechoslovakia, trying to make a living. Fifteen-year-old Jana Benak is used to...
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SAIGAMIAyumi, Sean, and Reyji have finally reached the city of Zaosz. Here, they plan to take the saigami exam as a team. However, since Ayumi recently...
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HALF MOON SUMMERDrew and Mia have an unusual origin story: They were born on the same day and in the same hospital in Half Moon Bay, California. One baby’s...
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PAPÁ'S MAGICAL WATER-JUG CLOCKHooray, it’s Saturday! Jesús can help his gardener father with the family business. Jesús is tasked with taking care of the water jug, which,...
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THIS IS NOT MY STORYAs the book opens, a brown-skinned boy is flying a spaceship, surrounded by green aliens in their own spacecrafts, but announces to the unseen...
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THE TWENTYIt was 2016, and in past years, the author and her spouse, Joe, had backpacked around Europe, and they figured a stroll along Corsica’s...
