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A compelling mystery wrapped in a searing tale about family, siblings, culture, and community. Listen to me and the sea and let this incredible book sweep you away. Dhonielle Clayton An Indigenous teen who hears the seas prophetic thoughts must rely on the gift shes always feared to save her brotherand her island homein this riveting and original page-turner (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Eighteen-year-old Moe hears the seas prophetic thoughtsnot just hears themshe feels them. Thats how she experienced her fathers death before he did and how she felt her mothers relief when she abandoned Moe and her younger brother, Tao, months after. So when the sea warns Moe that Tao will drown, shes determined to get in fates way and secures them passage off their island home. But those plans are ruined when Taos girlfriend goes missing and Tao is found where she was last seen, with blood on his handsand no memory of what happened. Moe will do anything she can to clear her brothers name, even if it means swallowing her pride and teaming up with her annoyingly clever school rival, Temanea. And even if it means relying on the seas prophecies. Because her dreaded gift may be the only way to save her brotherand uncover the truth behind the sickness poisoning her community.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tokyo Ever After comes a laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving rom-com about a girl who starts receiving letters from the love of her life—writing to her from years in the future.“If I’m being honest, I’ve loved you from the beginning.” Seventeen-year-old Emma Nakamura-Thatcher doesn’t believe in forever love, not after her parents’ heartbreaking divorce. Which is why, when she attends the summer festival of Tanabata with her grandfather, she wishes for proof that love is real—and that it can last. Emma doesn’t expect anything to come of her wish until she discovers a note from someone claiming to be her true love…contacting her from the future. Someone has to be pranking her, right? But as more notes pour in, Emma is forced to admit the mysterious writer knows her in a profound way, which can only mean one thing: This is real. Someone she knows now is actually contacting her from the future. But who? Is it Ezra, the absurdly popular musical genius? Theo, the literal boy next door, who knows Emma best? Or Colin, the overly confident, overly handsome, overly rich kid she meets when she starts cleaning his mega-mansion? As Emma tries to uncover the identity of the letter writer, the mystery turns into something greater: a process of self-discovery. In the end, Emma will learn the key to making love last—and how it’s the point of, well, everything.

An orphan races to uncover a killer—who may have come from the sea—when she and her beloved orcas fall under suspicion in this gothic historical mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl.1918. Orcas Island, Washington. Eighteen-year-old Lucy Nowhere has spent her life working on the massive estate of Dakon Sanders, the eccentric shipbuilder who took her in after she washed ashore as a baby in a green canoe. But she longs for a life away from the island, which, despite its abundance, holds no answers for her. Just before her departure to attend university, Lucy discovers the head of her benefactor on a rocky beach. Rumors swirl that a mischievous spirit, the Orkus, has struck again, much like it commanded its minions, the seawolves, to kill a nameless cannery worker years ago. But Lucy doesn’t believe the seawolves are at fault. She believes that the seal heads that have started appearing on beaches have been placed there by a human hand. Then, Lucy is named the heiress of the multi-million-dollar estate, displacing his dashing and mysterious nephew, Nash. The unexpected inheritance casts Lucy under new suspicion—and paints a large target on her back. Though her best friend, the ruggedly handsome estate cowboy guard, Koa, urges her to leave the island with him, Lucy knows the only way she can discover who she is, and to free the island of its curse, is to find the real killer—before she becomes the next victim.

Beth March’s sisters will stop at nothing to track down her killer—until they begin to suspect each other—in this debut thriller that’s also a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved classic Little Women.When Beth March is found dead in the woods on New Year’s Day, her sisters vow to uncover her murderer. Suspects abound. There’s the neighbor who has feelings for not one but two of the girls. Meg’s manipulative best friend. Amy’s flirtatious mentor. And Beth’s lionhearted first love. But it doesn’t take the surviving sisters much digging to uncover motives each one of the March girls had for doing the unthinkable. Jo, an aspiring author with a huge following on social media, would do anything to hook readers. Would she kill her sister for the story? Amy dreams of studying art in Europe, but she’ll need money from her aunt—money that’s always been earmarked for Beth. And Meg wouldn’t dream of hurting her sister…but her boyfriend might have, and she’ll protect him at all costs. Despite the growing suspicion within the family, it’s hard to know for sure if the crime was committed by someone close to home. After all, the March sisters were dragged into the spotlight months ago when their father published a controversial bestseller about his own daughters. Beth could have been killed by anyone. Beth’s perspective told in flashback unfolds next to Meg, Jo, and Amy’s increasingly fraught investigation as the tragedy threatens to rip the Marches apart.

One sister offers her life in exchange for the others in this dark, Irish loreinspired romantasy and sizzling, high-stakes debut launching a series that readers will greedily devour (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).On the mist-shrouded Isle of Eireann, buying magic comes with a price. But when her beloved older sister is gravely injured, Maeve risks everything to buy the forbidden magic that might save her. In exchange, Maeve trades her life to a ruthless and dangerously alluring rebel leader. Bound to do his bidding, Maeve finds herself thrown into a deadly competition to become the next queen and stand beside a prince rumored to be more brutal than his tyrannical father. With the isle on the brink of war, trust and survival come at a terrible costone that will tear Maeves world, and her heart, in two. What would you sacrifice to survive?

A girl hated by her town for her fathers crimes must decide whether to save it or burn it all down when a dying god in the woods warns her of an impending catastrophe in this socially conscious and serpentine mystery topped with spine-tingling supernatural imagery (Publishers Weekly, starred review).When a bone-white crow lands in Sylvie Singers backyard, she knows trouble is coming. And after an FBI raid reveals her fathers double life, Sylvies entire world comes crashing around her. With nowhere to go but the abandoned railway station in the cursed West Woods, Sylvie spends her time avoiding the carnivorous white deer that live there, counting down the days until she can graduate from high school and finally leave the town thats openly out for her blood. Then Sylvie encounters a different sort of monster. Illican is a horned god bound to the West Woods, even more wretched than she is. Sylvie is drawn to Illican, excited that he can introduce her to magic that could save her townsave her. But Illican is dying, and the last thing Pine Ridge Hollow wants is help from Sylvie Singer The town is a tinderbox, and Sylvie is the spark that will either save it or burn it all down.

An investigation turns into an obsession when the younger sister of a slain pop star is determined to uncover her sisters killer, no matter the cost, in this tense and intricately plotted thriller (Publishers Weekly, starred review).When superstar Blair Baker is murdered moments before her triumphant homecoming concert, her younger sister, Stevie, knows she has one chance to find out whos responsible. The thing is, Stevies been here before, desperately searching for clues that might reveal who hurt someone she lovesbut Stevie was younger then, just a kid. This time, she wont let the truth slip through her fingers. What begins as a search for answers about Blairs death turns into a dangerous journey through the darker side of global fame. Soon, Stevie begins to uncover dark secrets closer to homesecrets that someone wants desperately to keep hidden. Is Stevie ready to confront what the truth reveals?

For the first printing only! This paperback features sprayed stenciled edges while the special edition supply lasts.An abandoned girl discovers found family, epic adventure, and her own destiny aboard a cursed ship sailing toward an impossible treasure in this fabulous magical quest, strange and wonderful (Judith Rossell, author of The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls).Lavender Wolfes world is small: her mother, the pockets they pick together, and the wharf where they scrape by day to day. But when Lavender is left waiting on the harbor steps, she is swept aboard the Good Marchionessa magical pirate ship unlike any other. The ships cook, Big Agatha, insists Lavender has been abandoned. Worse, she says Lavender has magic. Now renamed Hans Whitby and recruited as a kitchen rat, Lavender finds herself among a crew of extraordinary children, a captain with a wing instead of an arm, a ghost-fetcher, a mysterious shell that was once a boy, and a curse that threatens to turn everyone aboard into sand. To break the curse, the crew must recover a stolen treasure before time runs out But as Lavender is drawn deeper into the ships secrets, she begins to wonder whether she has truly been stolenor whether she has finally found where she belongs.