"A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends"--

"In this heartrending debut, Fatimah Asghar traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another. The youngest, Kausar, grapples with the incomprehensible loss of her parents as she also charts out her own understanding of gender; Aisha, the middle sister, spars with her "crybaby" younger sibling as she desperately tries to hold on to her sense of family in an impossible situation; and Noreen,...

Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother, Cody, spend the summer with their uncle, helping at a wildlife rescue center named Jackie's Wild Seattle.

"Luke Arnold is a successful stage comedian who, with his partner Sophie Drew, is about to have their first child. Their life seems ideal and Luke feels that true happiness is finally within his grasp. This wasn't always the case. Growing up in a loving but dysfunctional family, Luke was a lonely little boy who never felt that he belonged. While his parents adored him, the whole family knew that due to a mix-up at the hospital, Luke wasn't their biological...

"When tragedy strikes close to home, Mickey Bolitar and his new friends find themselves at the center of a murder mystery"--

"When Liam Tate was orphaned at seven, his uncle Cooper opened his heart and Nantucket home to him. That was over forty years ago, yet one piece of his family history remains elusive--the enduring romance between his uncle and Sally Adams. Now, four years after Coop's passing, Sally reveals their love story in a book." --

What would you do to inherit a million dollars? Would you be willing to change your life? Jason Stevens is about to find out. Red Stevens has died, and the older members of his family receive their millions with greedy anticipation. But a different fate awaits young Jason, whom his great-uncle Stevens believed might be the last vestige of hope in the family. "Although to date your life seems to be a sorry excuse for anything I would call promising,...

"Bill Scheft's novel produces the kind of explosive laughs that can create an unsanitary condition." - Jeffrey Toobin "A moving story about love between wounded souls that will linger in the mind far longer than the laughs." - Bruce McCall "Bill Scheft has written a delightful first novel....The Ringer is a funny, big-hearted book." - Tom Perrotta "Funny, insightful, and profound....I'm outraged." - Larry David "Damn funny, and ultimately moving....

How did Hawaii become part of America? This story, inspired by true events suppressed for nearly one hundred years, is the one James Michener never wrote. In 1886, Laura Jennings travels to Hawaii to live with missionary relatives. She imagines she'll live in a grass hut, ministering to uncivilized natives. When she arrives in Honolulu, she's surprised to find her relatives are among the wealthy elite plotting to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy. And...