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Sponsored by James Patterson’s MAXIMUM RIDE: HAWK series

The 30 million fans of the blockbuster YA series have been asking:

Where is Maximum Ride?

Ten years ago a girl with wings fought to save the world. But then she disappeared. Now she’s just a fading legend, remembered only in stories.

Hawk doesn’t know her real name. She doesn’t know who her family was, or where they went. But destiny is coming for her—a destiny that forces her to take flight. But it’s not a rescue mission. It’s an execution.

Fly—and fight—in Hawk and the sequel, coming this November, City of the Dead.

Sponsored by Friends Forever by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham with Macmillan Children's

A follow-up to the mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are.

Shannon is in eighth grade, and everything keeps changing. Her classmates are starting to date each other, and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy.

With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.

Sponsored by ThriftBooks, the largest online independent seller of New and Used Books.

Back to School sounds great until you realize the cost. This back to school, shop Thrift Books.com and save big! ThriftBooks.com has over 13 million new and used books so whether you’re looking for reference books, children’s books, college-level textbooks, or books for the entire family ThriftBooks has it all. Join ReadingRewards loyalty program (it’s free to join!) and each purchase earns points for free book rewards. Who doesn’t love free books? This back to school, be book smart and shop smart at ThriftBooks.com.

Sponsored by Penguin Teen

The other orphans say Margot is lucky. Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her family. Lucky to have her own room because she wakes up screaming every night. And finally, lucky to be chosen by a prestigious family to live at their remote country estate.

But it wasn’t luck that made the Suttons rescue Margot from her bleak existence at the group home. Margot was handpicked to be a companion to their silent, mysterious daughter, Agatha. Soon, the isolated house begins playing tricks on Margot’s mind, making her question everything she believes about the Suttons . . . and herself.

Sponsored by Sandra Brown’s new historical thriller Blind Tiger

The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas. It’s there that young widow Laurel Plummer and Deputy Thatcher Hutton will find themselves on the opposite sides of a moonshine war, where the blood flows as freely as the whiskey.

Sponsored by Decolonizing Wealth Project

The accumulation of wealth is steeped in trauma. How can we shift industries like media, consumer brands, finance, and philanthropy toward social reconciliation and healing if the cornerstones are exploitation, extraction, and control?

“In Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar lays a foundation that not only explains the history of wealth and racism but also provides a pathway to healing that we all need.”
—Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist

“The relationship between economic injustice and systemic racism must be understood. Edgar boldly and accessibly illuminates the connections while offering a way forward.”
—Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility

Sponsored by Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with a blazingly sexy, unapologetically feminist new series, Hell’s Belles, beginning with a bold, bombshell of a heroine, able to dispose of a scoundrel—or seduce one—in a single night. Someone has to keep Lady Sesily Talbot from tumbling into trouble during her dangerous late-night escapades, and maybe close proximity is exactly what Caleb Calhoun needs to get this infuriating, outrageous woman out of his system. But now Caleb is the one in trouble, because he’s fast realizing that Sesily isn’t for forgetting…she’s forever. And forever isn’t something he can risk.

Sponsored by Amazon Publishing

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Sponsored by Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan Jennifer Niven

In a powerful collaboration from the New York Times bestselling authors of Every Day and All the Bright Places comes a story of loss, siblinghood, and where we turn when we have nowhere else to go. When Ezra discovers his older sister, Bea, has run away from their abusive home, he can’t believe she’d leave him behind with no explanation. The only thing she left him—an email address. But she won’t say where she’s gone or why she left. What unfolds is a page-turning mystery that will make you reach for the people you love.

Sponsored by Amazon Publishing

The police pull over blood-soaked Arlo Ward not far from the site of the grisly murder of two couples; he fully cooperates with the officers, grinning through a remorseless, detailed confession. Investigators find no murder weapon, but young, awkward Arlo’s confession is signed, taped, and delivered. Defense attorney Dylan Aster and his partner, Lily Ricci, are hesitant about pursuing the Arlo Ward case, as it seems like a slam dunk for the prosecution. But the state psychiatrist shares the impossible with Dylan: Arlo Ward is likely innocent. Now Dylan and Lily must fight to ensure justice is done.