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Sponsored by Early Bird Books

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Sponsored by Reading Group Gold

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Sponsored by Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen

His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories. Now, living literary legend Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story.

A moving and enthralling memoir of grit and growing up in the wild, Gone to the Woods is perfect for new readers and lifelong fans alike, from the acclaimed author at his rawest and realest.

Sponsored by Wednesday Books

Shadow City is an action-packed young adult fantasy by Francesca Flores about an assassin who must persevere through poverty, violence, and loss to achieve a future for herself. In a deadly city where only the strongest survive, her destiny begins in the shadows…

“Flores’ world building is as nuanced and expansive as it is shadowy; her dialogue is realistic and speedy, making the world truly feel lived in.” —Booklist

Sponsored by Early Bird Books

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Sponsored by You Have A Match by Emma Lord

When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it’s mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. But she shockingly discovers she’s a sister to shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully. It’s hard to believe they’re from the same planet, never mind the same parents.

They make a plan to meet up at summer camp and figure out why Abby’s parents gave Savvy up for adoption. But things never go as planned, do they?

Sponsored by Scout Press and Dark Horses, the astonishing debut novel from Susan Mihalic.

15-year-old Roan Montgomery trains under the laser focus of her father, but she’s come to realize that their relationship goes dangerously beyond that of rider and coach, or daughter and overprotective parent–and she’s ready for it to stop. But to save herself, will she have to sacrifice her dreams?

In the tradition of My Dark Vanessa or My Absolute Darling, Dark Horses is a searing, stunning novel not to be missed.

Sponsored by We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal, with Fierce Reads

Proclaimed by TIME magazine as one of the Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time, We Hunt the Flame has set the world on fire. Readers everywhere have fallen in love with this gripping story of discovery, conquering fear, and taking identity into your own hands. Now, the saga continues. Lush and striking, hopeful and devastating, We Free the Stars is the masterful conclusion to the Sands of Arawiya duology by New York Times–bestselling author Hafsah Faizal.

Sponsored by Algonquin Books, publishers of At the Edge of the Haight.

Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. When she unwittingly witnesses the murder of a young homeless boy and is seen by the perpetrator, her relatively stable life is upended. Suddenly, everyone from the police to the dead boy’s parents want to talk to Maddy about what she saw. As adults pressure her to give up her secrets and reunite with her own family before she meets a similar fate, Maddy must decide whether she wants to stay lost or be found.