Author: Devin Service

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Alma-Jane, a curious 11-year-old girl who lives in NYC and the most genetically happy person alive, is about to die due to a rare mutation. Ayrton, Alma-Jane’s older brother and a math prodigy, declares war against Death, “the destroyer of Life,” and suddenly takes off to Oxford, UK, to examine Albert Einstein’s brain. Meanwhile, Death and his younger brother, O.M. (Obituary Man), are overworked and in desperate need of a short vacation. What connects all these characters is the belief that “wise-thinking” leads to a happier future, and it’s the only way to guarantee a “Life bigger than Death.”

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The Fixed Stars is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. Don’t miss The Indie Next Pick from bestselling memoirist, Molly Wizenberg today!

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I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn’t know that pelesits have a dark side—and when Pink’s shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive . . . before they are both lost to the darkness.

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A dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive. Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy is perfect for fans of Flight Behavior and Station Eleven, and follows a young woman’s quest to track the world’s last bird migration – and get her own final chance at redemption. Emily St. John Mandel calls Migrations “extraordinary.”

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It’s 1979, and Susan Klintock is a girl with a lot of sexual fantasies, but not a lot of sexual experience. No one she knows has been worth taking a shot on…until Bobby McMann arrives. Sure, he’s the coach of the new girls’ soccer team, and 100%, completely off limits—but that doesn’t mean Susan can’t try out for the team to get closer to him.

Between the grueling drills and practices, however, Susan discovers things she didn’t expect: that she might actually love soccer, and that figuring out what she truly wants will mean taking risks, both on and off the pitch.