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From author Kelly Quindlen comes a poignant and deeply relatable story about friendship, self-acceptance, and what it means to be a Real Teenager. Late to the Party is an ode to late bloomers and wallflowers everywhere. Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. She's never crashed a party, never stayed out too late. She's never even been kissed. And it's not just because she's gay. It's because she and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, spend more time in her basement watching Netflix than engaging with the outside world.

From bestselling author Shannon Hale comes Kind of a Big Deal: a hilarious, delicious YA novel that will suck you in—literally. There's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal—she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally.

From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender and funny audiobook about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance. When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can't understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She'd always imagined she would end up with Zach one day—in the version of her life that played out like a TV show, with just the right amount of banter, pining, and meaningful looks.

Discover the “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) debut novel that “announces the arrival of a literary supernova” (The New York Times Book Review),“a drama of childhood that is as wild as it is intimate” (Chigozie Obioma). Longlisted for the Women’s Prize; named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. In a sprawling Indian city, three friends venture into the most dangerous corners to find their missing classmate...

New York Times Bestseller. From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. “The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.” —Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy. I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do.

From the #1 best-selling author of The Alchemist comes an inspiring story about a young man seeking wisdom from an elder, and the practical lessons imparted along the way. Includes stunning illustrations by Christoph Niemann. “A novelist who writes in a universal language.” —The New York Times. In The Archer, we meet Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, and the boy who comes searching for him.

#1 New York Times bestseller. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year. One of Time Magazine’s Top Ten Books of the Year. Longlisted for the National Book Award. Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. A Good Morning America Book Club Pick. “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal. “A story of absolute, universal timelessness …For any era, it's an accomplished, affecting novel.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. One of the Top Ten Best Books of the Year —Publisher's Weekly. One of the Best Books of the Year —Vulture. “Daisy Johnson is the demon offspring of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King.” —The Observer. “Builds a gothic plot to an artful and shocking climax.” —The New York Times. “Ends with a magnificent twist.” —The Boston Globe. From a Booker Prize finalist and international literary star: a blazing portrait of one darkly riveting sibling relationship, from the inside out.

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together. Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country's tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids—athletic, pragmatic Ndevui, thoughtful Kpindi, and especially their newest member, Namsa—safe and fed.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year. Longlisted for the Booker Prize. Finalist for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. National bestseller. A National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree. A Goop Book Club Pick. “A fully immersive epic drama packed with narrative riches and exquisitely crafted prose.” —San Francisco Chronicle. “Belongs on a shelf all of its own.” —NPR. “Outstanding.” —The Washington Post. “Arresting, beautiful.” —The New York Times.