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In Craewick, memories reign. The power-obsessed ruler of the city, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability, and Gifted individuals can take memories from others through touch as they please. Seventeen-year-old Etta Lark is desperate to live outside of the corrupt culture but grapples with the guilt of an accident that has left her mother bedridden in the city's asylum. When Madame threatens to put her mother up for auction, a Craewick practice in which a "criminal's" memories are sold to the highest bidder before being killed, Etta will do whatever it takes to save her.

Recently adapted into a critically-acclaimed blockbuster by Director Steve McQueen and starring Viola Davis and Liam Neeson, Widows is a nail-biter centered on an armed robbery gone wrong, leaving three men dead. Their widows, Dolly Rawlins, Shirley Miller and Linda Pirelli, along with a fourth woman, Bella O'Reilly, pick up where their husbands' criminal enterprise left off, under intense police pressure and the threat of a rival gang. The first in the series, Widows is a tale of crime, devotion, and the ways desperate circumstances reveal characters' true strengths. Widows Revenge, the second book in the series, is out now, and She's Out publishes later in 2019.

These are exciting and dangerous times. Boundaries that previously seemed impenetrable are now being crossed. This book is a guide for the current state of affairs in American culture, enlivened by the historical perspective of Ida B. Wells' search for justice.

"In Passionate for Justice, we find a compass that points us to the future, where we can each give voice and action to justice, equity, and life-giving community. Ida Wells would have had it no other way."

––from the Foreword by Stacey Abrams, 2018 Democratic Nominee for Governor of Georgia

"Squirrel and Snowman are the best of friends.

Will they remain friends forever?"

A warm story about making friends and letting them go. For friends ages 5 and up.

Sanity and Tallulah are going on a field trip—to a real live planet! Things get off to a rocky start (asteroid-y start, to be specific) and Sanity and Tallulah find themselves separated from their school group, pursued by a pirate, and stranded on a planet that's about to explode with nothing but the wreckage of a crashed space shuttle and the contents of Tallulah's overloaded backpack to work with. These best friends will have to stretch their problem-solving skills to the limit in order to get everyone home safe.

In this contemporary reimagining of Great Expectations for middle graders, Korean American Pippa Park finds life is full of great expectations. It seems like everyone has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself.

Juggling old and new friends, a crush, grades, basketball, and a secret job at her family's laundromat is stressful enough. But things start to spiral out of control when Pippa receives a string of hateful, anonymous social media messages that threaten to destroy her carefully built persona.

Shy and reclusive, BigFoot spends most of his time in the deep dark woods. But the bright lights of the big city beckon to everyone, even our mysterious furry friend! Sharpen your search and find skills by locating him in his favorite metropolis. BigFoot is visiting ten major cosmopolitan destinations, from Chicago and Sydney to Prague and Shanghai. The challenge is not only to find BigFoot and his footprint but also to spot more than 500 other unusual and sometimes unexpected personalities and objects. Fun facts accompany each scene to help readers learn more about the world's most popular cities.

Former Glamour contributing editor (and writer for such publications as Elle, Marie Claire, The New York Times, and Slate), Megan Angelo turns the idea of celebrity on its head with her electrifying debut novel. Followers is about the dark things that might await us at the crossroads of technology and our celebrity-obsessed culture.

A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother and the chilling consequences of her complicity.

"This page turning memoir…reads like heady beach fiction…This layered narrative of deceit, denial, and disillusionment is a surefire bestseller."

—Publishers Weekly, starred review

When children learn about something big and bad - even when they hear only bits and pieces - their brains get busy trying to make sense of it. Where did it happen? Why did it happen? And especially, will it happen again?

Something Bad Happened guides children ages 6 to 12 and the adults who care about them through tough conversations about national and international tragedies. The non-specific term, "bad thing," is used throughout, keeping this a flexible tool, so children are never inadvertently exposed to events their parents have chosen not to share. Fear, sadness and uncertainty about the "bad thing" are normalized and immediately usable coping tools provided.

The third book in the Award Winning YA/Crossover Series, Demon Pirate was most recently recognized as BEST SERIES FINALIST in 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards to be presented this month!

Bilge Rat - Pirate Adventurer breaks all the myths about the fascinating real world of pirates. They don't walk the plank (takes too long), they don't walk around with Parrots on their shoulder (parrots are very messy and tend to grab shiny earrings) and they definitely don't bury treasure (they splurge on themselves and women at the first port where they disembark).

"A comprehensive guide for transgender teens…honest, inclusive, and essential." –Kirkus Reviews

TRANS+ is an all-inclusive, uncensored guide for teens who are transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, gender-fluid, queer, or questioning their gender identity and anyone who wants to learn more about the topic. TRANS+ answers real questions—easy and hard—for real teens, and covers mental health, physical health and reproduction, transitioning, relationships, and sex.

A Zoo in My Luggage is the colourful, first-hand account of Gerald Durrell's six-month animal-collecting trip in British Cameroon and his attempts to create his own zoo. Motivated by a passion for wildlife and a desire to save endangered species from extinction, Durrell assembles a glorious panoply of exotic animals. Four of Durrell's nature travelogues are now narrated by Rupert Degas…who beautifully channels Durrell's slightly raspy voice, his exuberant personality, and his enthusiasm for every variety of fauna, including human. A perfect companion for admirers of the Masterpiece series, The Durrells in Corfu.

A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from an important new voice in comics, In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets William Finnegan's Barbarian Days.


In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. With his passion for surfing uniting many narratives, he intertwines his own story with those of some of the great heroes of surf in a rare work of nonfiction that is as moving as it is fascinating.

Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years—with terrifying results. Their story is told around a campfire in the '50s, adapted into a movie in the '70s, re-booted in the '90s, and investigated on a true-crime podcast in the present day.

Ella Louise has lived in the woods surrounding Pilot's Creek, Virginia, for nearly a decade. Publicly, she and her daughter Jessica are shunned by their upper-crust family and the Pilot's Creek residents. Privately, desperate townspeople visit her apothecary for a cure to what ails them—until Ella

Louise is blamed for the death of a prominent customer. Accused of witchcraft, both mother and daughter are burned at the stake in the middle of the night. Ella Louise's burial site is never found, but the little girl has the most famous grave in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin surrounded by a fence of interconnected white crosses.

In Wonder Art Workshop, educator and educational development expert Sally Haughey shares her approach to hands-on, play-based learning with parents, teachers, and other facilitators, offering 25 activities that let your child take the lead in developing their own sense of intrinsic motivation to imagine, experiment, and discover. The author's wonder-based approach reflects and synthesizes several child-centered educational movements, including Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, and Montessori.

By day, Patience and Fortitude stand guard at the entrance of the New York City Public Library. By night, the two lions have been known to take the occasional adventure inspired by the books their favorite librarian reads to them. As summer calls, the beloved library lions head to Coney Island for a nostalgic outing of ice cream cones, carnival games, and roller coaster rides

in this debut wordless picture book. Will the lions make it back to their perches before dawn? And will anyone notice they have been gone?

From actor and lifelong activist Alyssa Milano comes Hope Roberts, a girl who's determined to change the world. Hope is eleven years old, and she wants to be an astrophysicist. She loves swimming, Galaxy Girl comic books, her best friend Sam, and her two rescue dogs.

Hope believes it's always a good day to champion a cause, defend an underdog, and save the future. And most of all, she believes in dreaming big. But while Hope seems super strong on the outside, there's another side of her, too. She's just a regular girl trying to survive middle school.

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Award, a mystery haunted by the specters of World War One—for readers of Agatha Christie and Simone St. James.



"A genre-blending fusion of old-school ‘big house' mystery, romantic

suspense, and spine-tingler."

—The Guardian

"Beautifully written and ingenious period piece combines history, crime and an entertainingly spiky romance, all in an eerily evocative setting.... Tremendously enjoyable."

—Crime Review

"A delightfully old-school Agatha Christie-style mystery with a supernatural element.... Wonderfully written."

—Sunday Independent

When the world first formed, the night was black and filled with dark creatures. The Elders knew their people couldn't survive under such a threat. So they gave their hearts to the sky in the form of stars to keep evil away.

Now, eleven-year-old Kyro is a Star Shepherd like his father. When too many stars start falling, and disappearing before they can be saved, Kyro's father journeys to report the threat. But when he doesn't return, Kyro, with the help of best friend, Andra, and his trusty dog, Cypher, must find a way to save the stars before the dark creatures make a terrifying return.

In this bighearted middle-grade debut, Martin McLean struggles to find his voice—and his inner diva—as he navigates friendship, family, first crushes, and a whole lot of glitter.

Seventh-grader Martin McLean has always been surrounded by people who can express themselves. His mother is an artist, his colorful Tío Billy works in theater, and his best friends, Carmen and Pickle, are outgoing and don't care what other people think. But Martin can only find the right words when he's answering a problem at a Mathletes competition—until his tío introduces him to the world of drag. In a swirl of sequins and stilettos, Martin creates his fabulous drag queen alter ego, Lottie León. As Lottie, he is braver than he's ever been; but as Martin, he doesn't have the guts to tell anyone outside of his family about her. When Martin discovers that his first-ever drag show is the same night as the most important Mathletes tournament, he realizes that he can only pull off both appearances by revealing his true self to his friends.

Wild rabies runs rampant through the woods. The foxes are gaining ground, making their way into the village. In Dichtersruhe, an insular yet charming haven stifled by the Swiss mountains, these omens go unnoticed by all but the new parish priest. The residents have one thing on their minds: Literature. Everyone's a writer—the nights are alive with reworked manuscripts. So when the devil turns up in a black car claiming to be a hot-shot publisher, unsatisfied authorial desires are unleashed. Taut with Gothic suspense, it's a refined, engaging literary parable on narcissism, vainglory, and our inextinguishable thirst for stories.