Author: Devin Service

Sponsored by Scribner, publisher of She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh

The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland focuses her laser-sharp insights on one of the most unifying figures in American culture: Dolly Parton.

Infused with Smarsh’s trademark insight, intelligence, and humanity, She Come By It Natural is a sympathetic tribute to the icon Dolly Parton and—call it whatever you like—the organic feminism she embodies.

“Smarsh and Parton are a perfect pairing for the kind of in-depth examination into gender and class and what it means to be a woman and a working-class hero that feels particularly important right now.” —Refinery29

Sponsored by Penguin Teen

Taking on the Plastics Crisis
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. In this installment, youth activist Hannah Testa, the founder of Hannah4Change, chronicles both her personal and political mission to save the Earth’s oceans by limiting single-use plastic products.

Concrete Kids
Concrete Kids is an exploration of love and loss, melody and bloodshed. Musician, playwright, and educator Amyra León takes us on a poetic journey through her childhood in Harlem, as she navigates the intricacies of foster care, self-love, and resilience.

Sponsored by DC

The world of Watchmen collides with the DC Universe in the most shocking story in DC history! Presented by master storytellers Geoff Johns and Gary Frank–As the Doomsday Clock ticks toward midnight, the DC Universe will encounter its greatest threat: Dr. Manhattan. But nothing is hidden from Manhattan, and the secrets of the past, present, and future will leave ramifications on our heroes’ lives forever. Alongside Rorschach and the never-before-seen Mime and Marionette, Veidt follows Manhattan to the DC Universe, which is on the brink of collapse as tensions push the “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight. Is this all Dr. Manhattan’s doing?

Sponsored by The End of the Day by Bill Clegg

Bill Clegg returns with a deeply moving, emotionally resonant second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of friendship, the corrosive forces of secrets, the heartbeat of longing, and the redemption found in forgiveness.

Sponsored by Nicholas Sparks and his new book, The Return.

Trevor Benson is a young Navy doctor who unexpectedly finds himself back in New Bern, North Carolina after a mortar blast leaves him wounded. His late grandfather’s dilapidated cabin seems like as good a place to regroup as any, and he finds solace tending to his grandfather’s beloved beehives. But unexpected encounters with two local women—the deputy sheriff, and a sullen teenage girl who lives in a nearby trailer park—will lead him on a journey of love and forgiveness. In life, in order to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.

Sponsored by White Fox by Sara Faring, with Fierce Reads

“A ghost story that will spook even the most hardened grown-ups.” —Entertainment Weekly
After their world-famous mother disappears under mysterious circumstances, sisters Manon and Thais are sent away from their remote Mediterranean home by their father. Lured home a decade later by the death of their father, the sisters discover their mother’s legendary last work, White Fox, a screenplay filled with enigmatic metaphors. The clues in this dark fairytale draw them deep into society’s surreal underbelly, into the twisted secrets hidden by their glittering family, to reveal the truth about their mother—and themselves.

Sponsored by Channel Kindness by Born This Way Foundation Reporters with Lady Gaga

In Lady Gaga and Born This Way Foundation’s first book, you’ll find stories of inspiration and community from young storytellers.

Within the pages of CHANNEL KINDNESS you’ll meet changemakers who found their inner strength, prevailed in the face of bullies, started their own social movements, and decided to break through the mental health stigma.

These storytellers share how they felt, created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return.

Sponsored by Penguin Teen

Nina LaCour, the Printz Award–winning author of We Are Okay, delivers another emotional knockout; a modern ghost story about trauma and survival, chosen family and rebirth.

Mila is used to being alone.

Maybe that’s why she said yes. Yes, to a second chance. But, she hadn’t known about the ghosts.

Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So, when she’s offered a teaching job and a place to live, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home. The farm is a refuge, but it’s also haunted by the past.

Sponsored by These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin, published by Inkyard Press

Whenever something scandalous happens at Heller High, the Red Court is the name on everyone’s lips. Its members deal out social ruin and favors in equal measure, their true identities known only by their leader: The Queen of Hearts.

Ember Williams has seen firsthand the damage the Red Court can do. Now, she’s determined to hold the organization accountable by taking it down from the inside. But will the cost of revenge be more than she’s willing to sacrifice?