The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat’s
groundbreaking debut—now an established
classic—revised and with a new introduction
by the author, and including extensive bonus
materials.
At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from
her impoverished Haitian village to New York to
be reunited with a mother she barely remembers.
There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of
shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women
who first reared her.
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A Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of the Year
In a voice that shifts from anguished to sarcastic,
heartbroken to hopeful, sixteen-year-old Emily
Shepard recounts her solitary odyssey after the
meltdown of a nuclear power plant near her home
in northern Vermont. Both her parents worked at
the plant: her father as chief engineer, her mother
as head of public relations. Her father had a reputation as a heavy drinker,
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Parker Grant doesn’t need 20/20 vision to see right
through you. That’s why she created the Rules:
Don’t treat her any differently just because she’s
blind, and never take advantage. There will be no
second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy
who broke her heart.
When Scott suddenly reappears in her life after
being gone for years, Parker knows there’s only
one way to react—shun him so hard it hurts. She has enough on her mind
already, like trying out for the track team (that’s right,
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Now available in paperback, this 2015 National Book Award finalist and instant New York Times bestseller is a stunning debut novel about grief and wonder.
Everyone says that it was an accident… that sometimes things “just happen”. But Suzy won’t believe it. Ever. After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy was a rare jellyfish sting. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory—even if it means traveling the globe, alone. Suzy’s achingly heartfelt journey explores life,
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In the tradition of Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks,
Simon Sylvester brings an ancient myth to life
with this lush, atmospheric coming-of-age tale.
Nobody comes to the remote Scottish island of
Bancree, and seventeen-year-old Flora can’t wait
to move to the mainland when she finishes school.
So when a mysterious man and his daughter, Ailsa,
move into isolated Dog Cottage, Flora is curious.
What could have brought these strangers to the island?
Meanwhile, several of the men on Bancree have disappeared,
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From the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of Hold It ’Til It Hurts comes a dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War reenactment—a fierce, funny, tragic work from a bold new writer.
Welcome to Braggsville. The City that Love Built in the Heart of Georgia. Population 712
Born and raised in the heart of old Dixie, D’aron Davenport finds himself in unfamiliar territory his freshman year at UC Berkeley. Two thousand miles and a world away from his childhood,
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