"Informed by her own experiences and those of her ancestors, Harjo offers inspiration and insight for navigating the many challenges of maturation. She grapples with parents, friendships, love, and loss. She guides young readers toward painting, poetry, and music as powerful tools for developing their own ethical sensibility."--Provided by publisher.
Twelve-year-olds Oscar and Natasha assist an ex-mobster retiree bust out of his retirement community in exchange for money to help Oscar and his grandfather to stay in their home.
"She'll do anything to uncover the truth of her parents' murder--even work alongside the man who once broke her heart"-- Provided by publisher.
The world of unknowable objects has been quiet for decades, but the secret society members pledge to protect their archive of magical items. When the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable Objects hears of a new artifact, he sends member to investigate.
"A novel set in Venice at the turn of the twentieth century, narrated by a writer who becomes entangled in a web of conspiracy and murder"-- Provided by publisher.
Zadie Smith reflects on art, film, grief, politics, and place—exploring artists, mourning literary icons, and finding meaning in everyday moments from London to New York, all while contemplating the role of “the commons” in our lives.
In 1915, orphaned twins on the run from their vicious uncle find refuge in a traveling carnival. --Adapted from publisher.
Crime fiction author Joe Penvale... and his twin sister, Meredith, are boarding the glorious Orient Express in Paris, hoping for some much-needed rest and rejuvenation.... Seems like this trip is just what the doctor ordered... And then some. The next morning, Joe and Meredith are shocked to witness that the cabin next door has become a crime scene, bathed in blood but with no body in sight. -- Publisher description.
Ingrid, a librarian in North Carolina, agrees to a one-month dating break with longtime boyfriend Cory to explore their future. But when the break ends, they’re not ready to reunite—and Ingrid’s crush on her grumpy coworker Macon has deepened, challenging everything she thought she wanted.
Violet Ashmore is an aspiring playwright who lives in her sister's shadow. While Iris performs onstage, Violet hides forbidden magic. Should anyone discover the powers she's hidden her whole life, she would be conscripted to fight in the same war that stole away their parents years ago. Iris Ashmore is a starlet who longs for a bigger stage than her uncle's theatre, but she has sworn to protect her sister from the Crown. Without powers of her own, the best way she can do that is through the clever deception of sleight-of-hand tricks, pulling the spotlight away from Violet with dazzling performances. Alec Morgan owes a debt to a bounty hunter. To remain free, he must infiltrate the mysterious Grand Dragonfly Theatre and discover its secrets. But his mission becomes more complicated as Alec falls for the leading lady, while learning there is more to the theatre, and the sisters, than meets the eye.
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Olivia Finn is a memory expert in London who receives an urgent call from the Paris police. Olivia's French grandmother, Josephine, has appeared at the Hotel Lutetia in a distressed state, claiming she once committed a murder in the hotel at the end of the Second World War. As people start dying in the present day, Olivia is plunged into a race against time to uncover the truth about Josephine and what really happened all those years ago.
"Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny on the Defenders track team, he was little Otie Brody... One morning he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are missing-right off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of his dad easing them off as Otie was sleeping, but that can't be right, can it?" -- Provided by publisher.
"At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military suspense, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist."-- Publisher description.
Interweaving science and storytelling, spirituality and art, a neuroscientist and an artist guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is. Starting from science, while reaching for spiritual truth, The Forgotten Teachers charts the evolution of life on Earth under the mentorship of six teachers: Ocean, Air, Theia (through collision with this planet, Earth was set on its tilt), Sun, Plants, and Symbionts. Ideas from the field of evolutionary biology, accompanied by watercolor illustrations, guide this factual yet mytho-poetic exploration of life. Motivated by their shared concern over the severance of science from the sacred, and humans from their place within nature, Isett and Biçen set out to write a scientific wonder story for our times--to enchant readers with the strangeness and beauty of evolutionary biology, while reintegrating us into the natural world. As Rachel Carson did in her time and as Wendell Berry has done as a poet and essayist across the years, Isett writes with precision and urgency to remind us that we participate in a story that is far larger than ourselves, and that to see ourselves more truly would be to see the many ways in which we belong to the molecules and mysteries of the living world.
"A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously--Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future"-- Provided by publisher.