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Now Is Not the Time to Panic
by Kevin Wilson
A novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer and the art they make that changes their lives forever. Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who is as lonely and awkward as she is. Sparks begin to fly, and when the two jointly make an unsigned poster, it becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it. Twenty years later, Frances Eleanor Budge gets a call that brings her past rushing back, threatening to upend everything.
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The Shadow Glass
by Joshua Winning
Jack Corman grew up in the shadow of his crackpot director father’s 1986 debut film, Shadow Glass, a puppet-populated cult classic fantasy. As a disillusioned adult coping with the recent death of his estranged father, he just wants to settle his debts and move on with his life, not deal with teen Shadow Glass fanboy Toby or his film executive cousin, Amelia, who’s spearheading a Shadow Glass sequel. Things take a surreal turn when the movie’s old puppets come to life to seek out the scattered pieces of the Shadow Glass, an artifact capable of destroying the world.
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The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry. A speculative teen thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power, with sharp prose and gritty realism, it examines the complex, sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.
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Empire of Wild
by Cherie Dimaline
A kinetic, imaginative, and sensuous fable inspired by the traditional Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou, a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of native people's communities. It features a woman, Joan, reconnecting with her heritage when her missing husband reappears in the form of a charismatic preacher who does not recognize her. She must find a way to uncover the truth and remind Reverend Wolff who he really is . . . if he really is. Her life, and those of everyone she loves, depends upon it.
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Jane and Dan at the End of the World
by Colleen Oakley
Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn't sure they're going to make it to twenty. When the couple goes to an upscale restaurant to celebrate their anniversary, Jane thinks it's as good a place as any to tell Dan she wants a divorce. But before they even get to the second course, they find themselves taken hostage by bumbling climate activists whose actions are eerily similar to those in Jane's failed novel. Only Jane and Dan know what will happen and how to stop it.
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The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
by E. M. Anderson
After over two hundred years, Peter Shaughnessy is ready to die and end this cycle. But thanks to a youthful encounter with one o' them folk in his native Ireland, he can't. Instead, he's cursed to wander eternally far from home, with the ability to see ghosts and talk to plants. Immortality means Peter has lost everyone he's ever loved. He centers his life on the dead...until his wandering brings him to Harrington, Ohio. Peter must choose between protecting his new friends and confronting the heartbreak of staying with the found family he never expected.
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The Locked Room
by Elly Griffiths
Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor; until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever closer, in Griffiths' penultimate novel in the beloved series. If you haven’t yet discovered this wonderful series, now’s the time.
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Elizabeth of East Hampton
by Audrey Bellezza
It's a beachy spin on Pride and Prejudice: Avid surfer Lizzy Bennet puts her dream of being a foreign affairs correspondent on hold after her father has a health scare, devoting all of her time and energy to her family and their struggling bakery. Lizzy loves her seaside home in East Hampton, but she loathes tourist season, when the rich and famous overrun the town. This year, that means the arrival of the haughty and insufferable Will Darcy. As Lizzy’s older sister, Jane, and Will’s best friend, Charlie, fall for each other, a misunderstanding on the Fourth of July pulls Lizzy and Will into their undercurrent.
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Just for the Summer
by Abby Jimenez
Justin has a curse, and it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out. It's supposed to be a quick fling, but when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected, including catching real feelings for each other.
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Paris 2119
by Zep
Written by celebrated author Zep, this graphic sci-fi tale weaves a mystery borne from humanity’s addiction to convenience and technology and the dangers such addiction can propose. Gorgeously illustrated by Dominique Bertail in detailed watercolors, this book evokes classic science fiction styles.
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Perfect Victims
by Mohammed El-Kurd
Exploring the harsh realities faced by Palestinians under settler colonialism, this work reflects on the ongoing violence Palestinians endure, as well as the distortion of truths surrounding their suffering. El-Kurd challenges the expectation that Palestinians must prove their humanity, critiquing the impossible demands placed on the oppressed. He calls for a shift in perspective, demanding dignity and justice for Palestinians, highlighting how the way we view Palestine impacts our understanding of humanity as a whole.
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
by Jonathan Blitzer
A masterful portrayal of the trauma experienced by asylum-seeking migrants from Central America and the U.S. government’s often inept policy interventions. Interwoven with personal descriptions of the struggles of asylum seekers and activists is the tale of America’s chaotic immigration policy, beginning with the Reagan administration’s support of repressive anticommunist regimes in Central America which led to the gang violence, state repression, and unrelenting poverty that has triggered mass migration from the region.
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Challenger
by Adam Higginbotham
This gripping history recaps the Jan. 28, 1986 explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger soon after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Detailing the tragedy’s roots in a culture of negligence and recklessness at NASA, the account of the engineering issues is lucid and meticulous, and the prose conveys both the extraordinary achievement of rocket scientists and the sudden cataclysms that erupt when the machinery fails.
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The Rebel Romanov
by Helen Rappaport
A storybook romance gives way to a marital nightmare and a rebellious escape in this sparkling biography. Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a German duke’s daughter, was married off at the age of 14. After rumors spread that Julie was having an affair, she ended up in Switzerland, establishing herself as a charismatic socialite. She was scandalized when she had a child with a married doctor. Rappaport provides an elegant study of how this had a devastating personal cost for Julie and how she fought back with freethinking attitudes about love. It’s a captivating historical saga of a woman in revolt.
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The House of My Mother
by Shari Franke
This autobiography exposes the hidden abuse the author endured from her mother, Ruby Franke, behind the scenes of the popular 8 Passengers YouTube channel, detailing Ruby's strict control, influence from relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt, and Shari's path to healing after her mother's 2023 arrest for child abuse
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