Eric Smith. Quirk, $14.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-59474-643-7
Brimming with references to Star Trek, Firefly, and Pokemon, this dating guide by popular blogger Smith is aimed at an ever-growing population of self-described male “geeks” . Smith, who addresses the reader as “Player One,” provides tips on how to
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Eric Smith. Inkyard, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-335-01602-7
Under the name D1V, Divya Sharma, who seems to be of South Asian descent, uses a platform called Glitch to livestream herself playing Reclaim the Sun from the New Jersey apartment she shares with her single mother. She is just starting to gain...
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Eric Smith. Inkyard, $18.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-335-40568-5
Once close friends, high school seniors Adam Stillwater and Whitney Mitchell now spar on Twitter via their respective family businesses’ social media accounts. Palestinian and Sicilian American Adam is trying to keep his deceased father’s beloved...
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Eric Smith. Inkyard, $19.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-335-45807-0
Everyone in Philly knows about the legendary rivalry between cheesesteak food trucks Plazas Steaks and Ortiz Steaks. Recent high school graduates Jordan Plazas and Cindy Ortiz stir the pot by trading creative insults that amass huge crowds, whose...
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Eric Smith with Alanis Morissette et al. Amulet, $19.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4197-5798-3
Five teens navigate the aftermath of sexual violence in this raw novelization of the musical Jagged Little Pill. The adoptive daughter of a white family in suburban Connecticut, Black 16-year-old Frankie feels that “I don’t belong here, in this...
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