That is until her former friend (and fellow witch) LaToya shows up.įeehan, Christine: Ghostly Game (Penguin Random House/Berkley 978-8-2, $28.00, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, ) There are a few little hiccups to work out-like how she’s going to tell her best friend that she’s a witch-but even though the other two members of Hasani’s coven have joined her friend group and her school, there’s no reason to think that eighth grade won’t be smooth sailing. After a summer of being the worst witch at a fancy witch school, Hasani can’t wait to get back to the peace and normalcy of Riverbend Middle where she knows all the rules and is destined to be captain of the Mathletes. This is an upper middle-grade fantasy novel. On the archipelago of Prospera, a paradise hidden from the deteriorating outside world, retirees take a ferry ride to the Nursery where bodies are renewed, memories wiped, and they restart life-except staff are questioning their roles and a resistance is growing.ĭumas, Marti: Charmed Life (Abrams/Amulet 978-1-4197-5563-7, $18.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook and audio, )

This dystopian science fiction thriller novel is about the climate crisis, what lengths a parent might go to for a child, space/time/reality, and more. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica’s vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways-often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound.Ĭronin, Justin: The Ferryman (Penguin Random House/Ballantine 978-7-5, $30.00, 560pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, )

This is a dystopian science fiction novel set in an alternate United States, where prisoners in a private-run prison system can compete for freedom in gladiator-style arena death matches.īazterrica, Agustina: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird (Pushkin Press UK 978-1-782279013, $17.99, 176pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, )įrom celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of 19 brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies.

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