{"title":"LGBTQ+ - YA Sci-Fi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2171\" data-end=\"2183\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2172\" data-end=\"2182\"\u003eLGBTQ+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e – Inclusive YA sci-fi with queer heroes, love stories, and bold representation.\u003cbr data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2266\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-little-bit-langston-volume-1-9781634762724","title":"A Little Bit Langston: Volume 1","description":"The Elusive Spark: Book One Being different can be dangerous, and discovery can be deadly. High school freshman James Kerr is finding out he's not quite like his classmates. Around the time he realizes he's attracted to his best friend, Paul Schmitz, James starts channeling a dead writer's poetry and also discovers he has an ability to manipulate energy--a super power. Before James can figure out why this is happening to him, tragedy strikes in the form of Paul's abusive father, and James is sent to a government-run school, The Paragon Academy, which specializes in juvenile paranormal research. There, he meets Lumen, the daughter of a famous Korean actress. Lumen's psychic ability might be the key to helping James understand both his poems and his own power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemcak, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andrew Demcak is an award-winning poet and novelist whose work has been widely published and anthologized both in print and online, and whose books have been featured by The American Library Association, The Lambda Literary Foundation, Verse Daily, The Best American Poetry blog, The Nervous Breakdown, and Poets\/Artists. He has an MFA from St. Mary's College in Moraga, CA. He is currently an e-Resources Librarian for Oakland Public Library. He lives with his husband, Roland, in the San Francisco Bay Area.","brand":"Harmony Ink Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50361836142866,"sku":"9781634762724","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c916bc0-59bc-4b28-a54c-8c6f5a237256.jpg?v=1728376695"},{"product_id":"zenith-dream-volume-3-9781945053764","title":"Zenith Dream: Volume 3","description":"In the Broken Moon series finale, Ren embarks on one final mission: find Asher, free Liam, and escape the Corps' reach. But a war is brewing, and Ren is drawn into the conflict. With his friends by his side, he must make a choice that will affect the future of his found family and cluster forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLukens, F. T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - F.T. Lukens is an award-winning author of Young Adult fiction. Her novel, The Rules and Regulations of Mediating Myths \u0026amp; Magic, received many awards, including the 2017 Foreword INDIES Gold Award for Young Adult Fiction and the 2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award for Best Teen Fiction. Zenith Dream is the final installment to her Broken Moon series, which also includes The Star Host (2016) and Ghosts \u0026amp; Ashes (2017).","brand":"Interlude Press - Duet Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366043816210,"sku":"9781945053764","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94202be6-e87d-449e-aa27-6ee1868754c8.jpg?v=1728470623"},{"product_id":"we-are-the-catalyst-9781950412280","title":"We are the Catalyst","description":"\u003cp\u003eKidnapped and imprisoned, telepathic children are forced to gather military intelligence. Repeatedly stripped of their memories, they live in ignorance of the world above. You can't tell anyone a secret if you don't remember it. It's not child abuse if no one knows you exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpsilon 17 appears to be just another mindless tool, empty of thought. But it's a lie. The carefully constructed shell she hides behind protects her from their mind wipes. One day she will destroy the Institute. All she needs is a chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat chance could be Toby, if he doesn't die first. He should never have left the safety of the suburbs, but cornered in an alley by a gang, he's out of options. Of course, if he realized he had superpowers, he probably wouldn't have been so worried. Unfortunately, they come at the cost of a finger, and his old life. Injured and panicked, he would have stayed on the dirty ground until the Institute came for him, if it wasn't for Serena. Name-taking, ass-kicking Serena. She can punch through walls and practically fly, surely she can keep him safe...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Institute is sending Epsilon 17 to hunt him down, and she's never lost a trail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan ARC, the mysterious group Serena works for, protect him? He has to get his powers in order, fast. It's time for Toby to stand up for himself. An underground war is raging, and Toby's just been drafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ninestar Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366685774098,"sku":"9781950412280","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f1fb5fd6-f80a-4389-8552-6c9607c02e59.jpg?v=1728476140"},{"product_id":"fragile-remedy-9781635830569","title":"Fragile Remedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSixteen-year-old Nate is a GEM--a Genetically Engineered Medi-tissue--created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population.\u003c\/strong\u003e As a child, Nate was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and taken into the Withers--a quarantined, lawless region. He manages to survive by becoming a Tinkerer, fixing broken tech in exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a kind and fiercely protective boy who makes his heart race, and his misfit gang of scavengers, Nate finds the family he's always longed for--even if he can't risk telling them what he is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Gathos created a genetic fail-safe in their GEMs--a flaw in their DNA that causes their health to rapidly deteriorate as they age unless they are regularly dosed with medication controlled by Gathos City. When violence erupts across the Withers, Nate's illegal supply of medicine is cut off, and a vicious attack on Reed threatens to expose his secret. With time running out, Nate is left with only two options: work for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep him alive, or stay--and die--with the boy he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngrande Mora, Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Maria Ingrande Mora is a content strategist and a brunch enthusiast. Her love languages are snacks, queer joy, and live music. A graduate of the University of Florida, Maria lives near a wetlands preserve with two dogs, two cats, two children, and two billion mosquitoes. She can often be found writing at her stand-up desk, surrounded by house plants. Unless the cats have already destroyed them.","brand":"Flux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368270893330,"sku":"9781635830569","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_626b3e1f-446d-4dfe-a17a-805bc57e03c0.jpg?v=1728506270"},{"product_id":"caring-for-your-clown-book-one-aliens-are-real-9781737946328","title":"Caring for Your Clown Book One: Aliens are Real","description":"Oliver Tarsul is a mostly average 14-year-old kid; aside from being the unwilling roommate to an interdimensional space clown his step-father solicited to rebuild a portal designed by his recently deceased mother. Things are more than a little complicated. Regardless, dealing with a gelatinous slime monster in the shape of a clown girl named Dindet, while also trying to stay under the radar as the only trans kid in school, proves to be significantly harder than he imagined. But the fallout of his mother's supposed death didn't just bring into question what she was working on and who she was working with. It also brought along with it a part of Oliver's past that he'd rather just forget. His biological father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlume, Oleander:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Oleander is a former cosmetologist turn truck driver. And now, in a suprising turn of events, author. In his spare time, while not planning the next entry in his debut series, Caring for Your Clown, Oleander enjoys writing songs, poetry and instrumental music of various sorts. Don't worry, that's probably not ever going to get published! By far, his intrests lie strongly in the creative arts. Art and Animation is his biggest creative influence, and He is more often likely to be found drawing thousands of similar pictures that are slightly different from the last when NOT daydreaming for hours at a time about what probably awful thing he's going to do to his characters next. He also doesn't like talking about himself in third person and thinks it's sort of weird. But most of all, he hopes you like his books.","brand":"Shaky Alien Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50386980241682,"sku":"9781737946328","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e1f980dd-8e01-4a3d-b4ce-20e5aedd9352.jpg?v=1728864859"},{"product_id":"the-crown-of-light-an-ancient-legend-a-lovestruck-heroine-a-journey-for-peace-9781948016162","title":"The Crown of Light: An Ancient Legend, a Lovestruck Heroine, a Journey for Peace","description":"Part of the Award Winning Ari Ara Series!\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLove and adventure, mystery and danger await!\u003c\/strong\u003e The next powerful adventure in the award-winning Ari Ara Series, The Crown of Light is an extraordinary story of wonder and courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the jagged peaks of the Border Mountains, \u003cstrong\u003eAri Ara revives the ancient legend of the Peace Force\u003c\/strong\u003e, gathering friends and strangers to stop violence and prevent war. With the Way Between guiding their footsteps, they set out to wage peace. Before long, a rising threat makes them take drastic action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMysterious raiders are attacking villages, burning homes and terrifying families. Fingers point to the secretive Paika. For centuries, their clans have survived by double-crossing and backstabbing everyone else. But when young Finn Paikason is caught spying on the Peace Force, he swears the raiders are imposters. Ari Ara wants to believe him, but can she trust him? She can't be certain - especially since this boy with storm-tossed eyes might be stealing her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracking lost cattle across borders, stopping blood feuds with hermits, thwarting bandit ambushes, \u003cstrong\u003eAri Ara and her friends seek the truth amidst a web of lies.\u003c\/strong\u003e Old enemies come back to haunt them. Friendships are strained to breaking. Tensions heighten between the two nations. When the Lost Heir is taken hostage, the Peace Force races to solve the mystery before the sparks of violence erupt into a raging inferno of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour heart will race along with the heroine's in this exciting tale of waging peace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Crown of Light \u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp; the Ari Ara Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\"Pick it up. You won't be able to put it down.\"\u003cstrong\u003e- Tom Hastings, Portland State University\u003c\/strong\u003e \"This is an instant classic, a great read for anyone interested in peace and justice.\"\u003cstrong\u003e- Wim Laven, Ph.D, instructor of Peace Studies and Conflict Management\u003c\/strong\u003e \"I can think of no better source of inspiration for (the topics of peace and social justice) than the Ari Ara series by Rivera Sun, and this latest installation is the best one yet.\"\u003cstrong\u003e- Dr. Seán P. Duffy, Executive Director, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlbert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rising Sun Press Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50388811612434,"sku":"9781948016162","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6574512-9b8e-4a4f-8ff5-8fb36adb7558.jpg?v=1728909083"},{"product_id":"monstersona-9781915585011","title":"Monstersona","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a little monster in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her parents' divorce, 16 year old Riley Grishin is forced to move from Portland, Oregon all the way to Little Brook, Maine, a small town that serves as the headquarters for Titan Technologies, an international tech laboratory. Having left her friends and father behind, Riley spends most of her days running through the woods with her dog Tigger, and eavesdropping on her classmates-in particular, the gorgeous, but very strange, Aspen Montehugh. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night of the homecoming game, Riley wakes up to find her town on fire, terrorized by an unseen monster. With flames spreading rapidly, Riley and Tigger have no choice but to pile into her beat-up pickup truck and flee. Speeding out of town, they come across the only other survivor: Aspen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Riley and Aspen finally reach safety, they realize something far more sinister is afoot. According to the news, all other Titan Tech laboratories on the East Coast have been attacked. And even worse, they're being followed by an SUV with blacked out windows. With all air travel grounded, Riley has no way to fly back to her dad, so she and Aspen embark on a cross country road trip, all the while pursued by men with guns, mad scientists, and the monstrous truth. Slowly, Riley realizes something's not quite right with Aspen, which puts her feelings for her-and her own humanity-to the ultimate test.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThelma and Louise meet Godzilla in this queer sci-fi adventure, that will appeal to fans of Erik. J Brown's All That's Left In The World and Charlotte Nicole Davies' The Good Luck Girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiny Ghost Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50389813657874,"sku":"9781915585011","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d81fb2e-3f3f-4f97-9035-f195779d778e.jpg?v=1728930404"},{"product_id":"against-the-stars-9781915585042","title":"Against The Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen an attempt to kiss his best friend becomes a prom night disaster, Elliot Dove's confusion surrounding his sexuality is thrown into overdrive. Desperate for some clarity, Elliot turns to GlimpseTech, a company offering all over-sixteens a 44-second glimpse of what lies ahead. But Elliot's Glimpse only makes him more confused, showing him in an intimate moment with Sebastian Glass, the 'one gay kid' in his year at school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeb, meanwhile, hates Glimpses, and blames the technology for his dad's absence. But unlike the protesters picket-lining GlimpseTech headquarters, Seb has other things to worry about, like his mum's depression and the man showing up at his house demanding money. Then he bumps into Elliot, and bumps into him again, until it seems the universe is pulling them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the vast differences in their lives, Elliot and Seb find something they were missing in each other, and soon friendship blooms into something more. But tensions are growing in the outside world. Rumors of the so-called 'Last Day'--the day beyond which no one has seen in their Glimpse--are causing widespread panic. With the end of the world an increasingly real prospect, a seemingly uncrossable class divide, and the secret of Elliot's Glimpse a ticking time bomb, the universe may have other plans for Elliot and Seb. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst The Stars is an exploration of class, love, and destiny, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End. This speculative, queer romance will have readers desperate to know how things turn out, but if given the choice, would you glimpse ahead?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiny Ghost Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390105227538,"sku":"9781915585042","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f83899b1-7f24-46da-8799-9f6a3c142004.jpg?v=1728939862"},{"product_id":"the-names-we-take-9781947845169","title":"The Names We Take","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever leave someone behind: it's a promise easier made than kept, especially when seventeen-year-old Pip takes the headstrong twelve-year-old Iris under her protection in the wake of an earth-shattering plague.\u003c\/b\u003e After an unspeakable tragedy, the duo must negotiate the complexities of their own identities amid the nearly unrecognizable remains of Spokane, Washington. When they're captured by a violent gang, Pip and Iris meet Fly, a stubborn and courageous older girl. When their captors exchange them for supplies at Thistle Hill Orchard, an idyllic farm turned commune, it seems that the girls' luck has finally changed for the better. But the proselytizing of Veronica, Thistle Hill's leader, and the looming presence of her right-hand man, Granville--who is more snake than cowboy--make the trio's circumstances more perilous.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Pip, Iris, and Fly weigh the precariousness of their lives at Thistle Hill against the uncertainty of life on the outside, they simultaneously grapple with the secrets that make their situation all the more tenuous. Pip's vow to never leave someone behind may have made survival more difficult for her, but this promise could also be the key to finding meaning in the ashes of what came before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerr, Trace:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDebut author, Trace Kerr (she\/her) is a lifelong Pacific Northwesterner who never uses an umbrella when it rains. When she's not prowling the shelves of indie bookstores in Spokane, she co-hosts the \u003ci\u003eBrain Junk\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and writes books about undaunted queer teens and magic. Trace is a former bookfair coordinator and a published short-story author. \u003ci\u003eThe Names We Take\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. Follow her on Twitter at @teakerr or online at www.TraceKerr.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ooligan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50437062164754,"sku":"9781947845169","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_973ab6c6-0397-401d-89c4-e99c8f2156b3.jpg?v=1729640477"},{"product_id":"aetherbound-9780735231870","title":"Aetherbound","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Ahsoka\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet on a family-run interstellar freighter called the \u003ci\u003eHarland\u003c\/i\u003e and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser when her genes reveal an undesirable mutation. But if she plays her cards right she might have a chance to do much more than survive. During a space-station layover, Pendt escapes and forms a lucky bond with the Brannick twins, the teenage heirs of the powerful family that owns the station. Against all odds, the trio hatches a long-shot scheme to take over the station and thwart the destinies they never wished for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE. K. Johnston is the #1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several YA novels, including the L.A. Time Book Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Owen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Ahsoka\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Nights\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Owen\u003c\/i\u003e \"a clever first step in the career of a novelist who, like her troubadour heroine, has many more songs to sing\" and in its review of \u003ci\u003eExit, Pursued by a Bear, The Globe \u0026amp; Mail \u003c\/i\u003ecalled Johnston \"the Meryl Streep of YA,\" with \"limitless range.\" E. K. Johnston lives in southwestern Ontario. Follow her on Twitter at @ek_johnston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452431143186,"sku":"9780735231870","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f770931-bf63-439a-9d0c-d79faa3ad7a3.jpg?v=1729811784"},{"product_id":"caring-for-your-clown-book-two-trial-and-error-9781737946359","title":"Caring for Your Clown Book Two: Trial and Error","description":"\u003cp\u003eOverjoyed by his official adoption and with the completion of the molecular transporter coming closer, Oliver's excitement over the return of his mother conflicts with the ever-expanding mystery surrounding the circumstances of her departure and Dindet's increasingly suspicious behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's leaving, more often and for longer and longer periods of time. And left alone with devilishly wandering thoughts and idle hands, Oliver craves a distraction-- and his name is Markus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second entry in a series of riveting interdimensional shennanigannery and a heartbreaking emotional core that will leave anyone on the brink of tears, if not sobbing outright.This is no childish story, despite the friendly and bouncy exterior, the content of this book and the series involve much darker themes such as intergenerational familial abuse, recovery and personal growth after terribly traumatic events, and ending the cycles of manipulative and narcissistic behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, for every awful thing, there is just as much compassion, love, and commitment through the most ultimate thick and thins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shaky Alien Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50456437063954,"sku":"9781737946359","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59fa8112-693d-4d43-9a04-8f80b0f22e10.jpg?v=1729910134"},{"product_id":"going-through-it-rising-star-9781088147832","title":"Going Through It: Rising Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \"Going Through It: Rising Star,\" the gripping debut novel by Trans Author, Alyson J. Bowles, the mysterious world of the Collection is brought to life. For two decades, young boys have vanished without a trace, leaving behind a community haunted by questions and fear. On the cusp of his 17th birthday, Jason finds himself standing at the precipice of destiny. Will he become the next victim of the enigmatic Specters? Will he discover the truth hidden within the colossal vessel that hovers above like an ominous moon?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith unwavering determination, Jason has spent his entire life preparing for this pivotal moment. Yet, as he braves the unknown, doubt begins to seep in. Will fate conspire against him, throwing insurmountable challenges in his path? As he grapples with the shadows of uncertainty, Jason learns that sometimes the only way to conquer adversity is to confront it head-on. In this enthralling tale of resilience, sacrifice, and self-discovery, Jason's journey will captivate readers and leave them eagerly yearning for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Going Through It: Rising Star\" is a spellbinding exploration of courage, resilience, and the strength found within oneself when faced with insurmountable odds. Will Jason rise above the shadows that loom over his world, or will he succumb to the fate that has befallen so many before him? Prepare to embark on a breathtaking adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariposa Sources","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50457770426642,"sku":"9781088147832","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99e2e46b-0d42-49ae-8e51-b1239fe00c27.jpg?v=1729939746"},{"product_id":"reunion-9781956495133","title":"Reunion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA swashbuckling upper YA\/NA LGBTQ+ sci-fi western you don't want to miss!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter having been attacked by Gabe's father, the group has decided to go into hiding in the mountains. Although it is still summer, the mountains are cold, isolated, and dangerous. They feel it is still the safest place to be-that is, until they find other people hiding in the region. Who are these people and are they friends or foes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is book 4 of the City of Kaus series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Foxtales Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50458282688786,"sku":"9781956495133","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d99faec5-53b4-43d4-9aba-81ac8a37ba6e.jpg?v=1729959424"},{"product_id":"light-years-9780316510431","title":"Light Years","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnder's Game \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe 100\u003c\/i\u003e at an interstellar military boarding school in a romantic new series from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Kass Morgan \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reeling from a devastating attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is opening its doors to a new class of cadets from every planet in the solar system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hotshot pilot \u003cb\u003eVesper\u003c\/b\u003e dreams of becoming a captain, but when she loses her spot to a wisecracking boy from the wrong side of the asteroid belt, she begins to question everything she thought she knew. Trapped on the toxic planet Deva, \u003cb\u003eCormak \u003c\/b\u003ewill take any chance he can to join the Academy--even if he has to steal someone's identity to get there. \u003cb\u003eArran\u003c\/b\u003e was always an outcast on icy Chetire and is looking for a place to belong. He just never thought it would be in the arms of the hottest guy in the galaxy. And\u003cb\u003e Orelia\u003c\/b\u003ehas infiltrated the fleet to complete a mission, one that threatens the security of everyone around her. But if anyone finds out who she really is, it'll be \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e life on the line.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As worlds collide at the Academy, these four cadets will have to learn to work together if they want to survive. But how do you begin to trust the very people you've spent a lifetime learning to hate? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in a thrilling and romantic new sci-fi series from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe 100\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKass Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of The 100 series, which is now a television show on the CW. She received a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a master's degree from Oxford University. She currently works as an editor and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460134342930,"sku":"9780316510431","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_656d2fcd-7bd9-45e9-885b-94d1dd5225fb.jpg?v=1730029874"},{"product_id":"heart-shadow-the-valkyrie-duology-between-the-blade-and-the-heart-from-the-earth-to-the-shadows-9781250308191","title":"Heart \u0026 Shadow: The Valkyrie Duology: Between the Blade and the Heart, from the Earth to the Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGAME OF THRONES\u003c\/i\u003e MEETS\u003ci\u003e BLADE RUNNER\u003c\/i\u003e IN THIS YA FANTASY DUOLOGY INSPIRED BY NORSE MYTHOLOGY FROM \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMANDA HOCKING. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween the Blade and the Heart \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWHEN THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS AT STAKE, LOYALTIES WILL BE TESTED. As one of Odin's Valkyries, Malin's greatest responsibility is to slay immortals and return them to the underworld. But when she unearths a secret that could unravel the balance of all she knows, Malin along with her best friend and her ex-girlfriend must decide where their loyalties lie. And if helping the blue-eyed boy Asher enact his revenge is worth the risk--to the world and her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Earth to the Shadows \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHE WILL SAVE THE WORLD OR DIE TRYING. While dealing with dark revelations about her life and her world, Malin Krigarie finds herself with new allies--and new enemies. Her quest for the truth leads her to places she never thought possible, and she's never been one to shy away from a fight. But for all her strength and determination, will it be enough to rescue the people she cares about and save the world before it's too late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMANDA HOCKING is the author of over twenty young adult novels, including the New York Times bestselling Trylle Trilogy and Kanin Chronicles. Her love of pop culture and all things paranormal influence her writing. She spends her time in Minnesota, taking care of her menagerie of pets and working on her next book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wednesday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462372626706,"sku":"9781250308191","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6bb4c403-0c2f-42e7-ac91-12e0376f2517.jpg?v=1730085978"},{"product_id":"miss-meteor-9780062869920","title":"Miss Meteor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gorgeous and magical collaboration between two critically acclaimed, powerhouse YA authors offers a richly imagined underdog story perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eDumplin'\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere hasn't been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that's not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn't about being perfect; it's about sharing who you are with the world--and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story in pageant history, Lita and Chicky are going to have to forget the past and imagine a future where girls like them are more than enough--they are everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcLemore, Anna-Marie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna-Marie McLemore \u003c\/strong\u003e(they\/them) was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by their family to hear la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. Anna-Marie is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Feathers\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award; 2017 Stonewall Honor Book \u003cem\u003eWhen the Moon Was Ours\u003c\/em\u003e, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature and winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award; \u003cem\u003eWild Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, a Kirkus Best Book of 2017; and \u003cem\u003eBlanca \u0026amp; Roja\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review Editors' Choice. \u003cem\u003eDark and Deepest Red\u003c\/em\u003e, a reimagining of \"The Red Shoes\" based on true medieval events, will be released in January 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMejia, Tehlor Kay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTEHLOR KAY MEJIA is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer debut young adult novel, \u003cem\u003eWe Set the Dark on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. It has been featured on \u003cem\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eO by Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e's best books lists, and was a 2019 book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Its sequel, \u003cem\u003eWe Unleash the Merciless Storm, \u003c\/em\u003e followed to continuing acclaim, while \u003cem\u003eMiss Meteor\u003c\/em\u003e (co-written with National Book Award Nominee Anna-Marie McLemore) was named to the American Library Association's 2021 Rainbow List, honoring outstanding contributions in LGBTQIA teen fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTehlor's debut middle grade novel, \u003cem\u003ePaola Santiago and the River of Tears\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by the Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney\/Hyperion. It received four starred reviews, and was named Amazon's best book of 2020 in the 9-12 age range. It is currently in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTehlor lives with her daughter, partner, and two small dogs in Oregon, where she grows heirloom corn and continues her quest to perfect the vegan tamale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482847973650,"sku":"9780062869920","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05241edb-c515-4b51-877f-7a9951baadc8.jpg?v=1730351106"},{"product_id":"caring-for-your-clown-book-one-aliens-are-real-9781737946335","title":"Caring for Your Clown Book One: Aliens are Real","description":"Oliver Tarsul is a mostly average 14-year-old kid; aside from being the unwilling roommate to an interdimensional space clown his step-father solicited to rebuild a portal designed by his recently deceased mother. Things are more than a little complicated. Regardless, dealing with a gelatinous slime monster in the shape of a clown girl named Dindet, while also trying to stay under the radar as the only trans kid in school, proves to be significantly harder than he imagined. But the fallout of his mother's supposed death didn't just bring into question what she was working on and who she was working with. It also brought along with it a part of Oliver's past that he'd rather just forget. His Biological Father.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shaky Alien Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485939011858,"sku":"9781737946335","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48984293-2fd1-414a-88cc-69ff6be6448c.jpg?v=1730415868"},{"product_id":"never-rest-9781088061701","title":"Never Rest","description":"\u003cp\u003eNineteen-year-old Jake Margate has had terminal leukemia for five years and is ready to let go but his mother has other ideas. She's found a rogue doctor pursuing radical treatments and takes her son to a remote institute where he does seem to get better...at first. But then the treatment begins to fail in strange ways just as Jake begins to fall for another of the test subjects. Slowly, he realizes he's been turned into something truly horrible. Three-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Thornton has written a contemporary queer twist on the Frankenstein monster story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marshall Thornton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497782513938,"sku":"9781088061701","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2cca386a-3724-40ff-b319-311d139e83d0.jpg?v=1730720012"},{"product_id":"in-with-a-bang-the-first-outrider-adventure-9798988919919","title":"In With a Bang: The First Outrider Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eMina's plans for summer are as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang out with her best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork up the nerve to ask out the girl she's crushing on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse homemade explosives to blow one tiny, inconsequential hole into the side of a mountain.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvoid her parents (if\/when they ever bother to come home).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding a spaceship trapped within The Hill was not on the list. But Mina isn't one to back down from a challenge, especially when robots and alien lifeforms are involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer tinkering sets in motion a chain of events that pull her, and her friends, deeper into Outrider and its mysteries. A long-dormant foe, newly revived and bent on conquering Earth, is out for revenge and finds the set of teens attempting to stand in their way laughable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow the team as they learn how to save the world in their new super suits, and giant robots. Mina is very excited about the giant robots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith any luck, they'll manage it all without breaking curfew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rabbit One Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50500198793490,"sku":"9798988919919","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94509c4d-130b-444b-9f32-feee2473fcb9.jpg?v=1730749427"},{"product_id":"angry-management-9780060502485","title":"Angry Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Crutcher fills these three stories with raw emotion. They are about insecurity, anger, and prejudice. But they are also about love, freedom, and power. About surviving. And hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too much ballast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for stories. And, man, does this crew have stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's Angus Bethune and Sarah Byrnes, who can hide from everyone but each other. Together, they will embark on a road trip full of haunting endings and glimmering beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Montana West, who doesn't step down from a challenge. Not even when the challenge comes from her adoptive dad, who's leading the school board to censor the article she wrote for the school paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd straightlaced Matt Miller, who had never been friends with outspoken genius Marcus James. Until one tragic week--a week they'd do anything to change--brings them closer than Matt could have ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrutcher, Chris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChris Crutcher has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. Drawing on his experience as a family therapist and child protection specialist, Crutcher writes honestly about real issues facing teenagers today: making it through school, competing in sports, handling rejection and failure, and dealing with parents. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the ALAN Award, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502906478866,"sku":"9780060502485","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39e6e062-1e58-4b20-9c47-88fad1baac25.jpg?v=1730778802"},{"product_id":"rescue-9781956495096","title":"Rescue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA swashbuckling upper YA\/NA LGBTQ+ sci-fi western you don't want to miss!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCor, Ellie, Zach, and Gabe thought they were in the clear, but their bad luck said otherwise. As soon as they stepped foot on land, the four were arrested for a new crime they didn't commit, and there was only one person who would have the resources to turn another town against them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they wait for Byron to retrieve them from the town's prison, the group comes up with a plan to escape. But what happens when one of them doesn't make it out? Do they risk their lives to go back for that person, or do they save their own skin?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 3 of the City of Kaus series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Foxtales Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509064372498,"sku":"9781956495096","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ed5893c-2faa-438c-a245-bcf35ad6a5da.jpg?v=1730887278"},{"product_id":"hope-fire-9781953240187","title":"Hope \u0026 Fire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Anchor Trilogy begins with a murder . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe old writer witch was dead. Nadia Oswald watched him die.\u003c\/strong\u003e She held his hand until the light left his eyes. She was a human, but in that moment as he passed from life to death, she inherited his power. A power she hides from her family who hates magic and all who possess it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAidan Montgomery was born a witch.\u003c\/strong\u003e He was born with the rarest form of witchcraft, a fact he keeps hidden to protect himself. As an anchor witch he couldn't feel more disconnected from his abilities if he tried. His power feels opposite to who he is. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow can he anchor the world if he can't even anchor himself?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnrest in the south ends their world's centuries of peace. In the north, a group of scientists builds a spaceship, the first their world has seen, keen on visiting the neighboring planet and the species there. So much threatens to tear things apart or change them for good. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut fate has a funny way of making people come together. And destiny has a way of changing everything. . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amanda Babcock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510137032978,"sku":"9781953240187","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4b7435f-b4c2-49d1-a51f-1f7b705ccdb6.jpg?v=1730917794"},{"product_id":"tilting-gravity-9781738767762","title":"Tilting Gravity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe moon is falling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn with the gravity majik needed to prevent certain doom, instead of training, seventeen-year-old Syd spends her days skipping academy classes to tinker with airships, ignoring her future as a soldier in the army of the Eichon-the goddess-gifted ruler of the planet. As expected, Syd ends up in the Director's office more often than not, and the academy has had to get creative with its \"motivational methods\" in hopes that Syd will begin to take her gravity majik seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuckily, she's untouchable, betrothed to the Eichon's daughter, Adeline. Unluckily, Syd's about to learn she will be the next to take up the Eichon's mantle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdeline has been groomed to follow in her mother's footsteps since she was a child. When it's revealed Syd, not Adeline, will become the next Eichon (not to mention do the impossible-save the world), trust begins to break as roles and identities fall apart. Then, when Adeline goes missing, Syd must choose: follow the destiny given to her or find Adeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the while, the looming moon serves as an ever-present reminder of just how small-and thus how big-her problems truly are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dreamsphere Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522469335314,"sku":"9781738767762","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47f001bf-ea8e-442e-9131-d3fa7017b691.jpg?v=1731116481"},{"product_id":"reunion-9781956495126","title":"Reunion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA swashbuckling upper YA\/NA LGBTQ+ sci-fi western you don't want to miss!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter having been attacked by Gabe's father, the group has decided to go into hiding in the mountains. Although it is still summer, the mountains are cold, isolated, and dangerous. They feel it is still the safest place to be-that is, until they find other people hiding in the region. Who are these people and are they friends or foes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is book 4 of the City of Kaus series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Foxtales Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522987331858,"sku":"9781956495126","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f45c6b30-f3c3-410d-925e-ba69f3a22322.jpg?v=1731131590"},{"product_id":"crownchasers-9780062845177","title":"Crownchasers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deadly race across 1,001 planets will determine more than just the fate of the empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis explosive first book in a duology jam-packed with tension and thrills is perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAurora Rising\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThree Dark Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlyssa Farshot has spent her whole life trying to outrun her family legacy, even leaving behind the Kingship and her uncle, the emperor, for a life of exploring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when her dying uncle announces a crownchase--a search for the royal seal hidden in the empire that will determine the next ruler--Alyssa is thrust into her greatest, most dangerous adventure yet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoffindaffer, Rebecca:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRebecca Coffindaffer (they\/she) grew up on \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/em\u003e, fantastical movies and even more fantastical books. They waited a long time for their secret elemental powers to develop, and in the interim, they started writing stories about magic and politics, spaceships, far-off worlds, and people walking away from explosions in slow motion. These days they live in Kansas with their family, surrounded by a lot of books and a lot of tabletop games and one big fuzzy dog. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram, or visit their website at www.rebeccacoffindaffer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50529241071890,"sku":"9780062845177","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ef41464-c160-4130-8f3f-01b47b0357cb.jpg?v=1731343381"},{"product_id":"starfire-9781736394373","title":"Starfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a world where dragons hatch from stars, Peregrine Kent would give anything to see the sky.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's an impossible dream. The Barrier surrounding his planet makes sure of that. Everyone else might feel safe, but the flat white sky just makes Per feels trapped. His OCD has been getting worse each day; if he could only be out among the stars, though, he would finally feel free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis dream seems impossible...until the day a real live star dragon tears a hole in the sky, setting off a worldwide panic. With the help of a homemade submarine and its surly-and distractingly handsome-captain, Per sets off on a quest to escape the confines of his world and his own anxiety. But what he discovers instead is a devastating truth that will change everything he thought he knew about dragons, his planet, and himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naomi Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543127953682,"sku":"9781736394373","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b378b8d-d6ae-4f00-968c-2c2a0c2e3f03.jpg?v=1731502290"},{"product_id":"jellyfish-dreaming-9781948585750","title":"Jellyfish Dreaming","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cb\u003eJellyfish Dreaming \u003ci\u003eis a head trip like nothing you've read, weaving together climate, genetics, gender, biology and dreams in such a way it's impossible to miss how they were always all one thing to begin with.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Michael J. DeLuca, author of \u003ci\u003eNight Roll\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis post-apocalyptic, post-gender, coming-of-age story pulses with plot twists and intrigue. It contemplates the tenacity of life and the capacity of hope, even when all seems lost. \u003c\/b\u003eOn the cliffs above the Great Garbage Ocean, in a university's aging experimental facility, Jack floats in a tank of poisonous jellyfish. The 200-year-old intersex street kid remembers things nobody else does, from before the environmental catastrophes that erased the world as we know it. Now, jellyfish and insects are food staples, and everyone is sterile. Everyone, that is, except for some of the town's orphaned survivors. Two of the University's researchers believe they are humanity's last hope.Jack agrees to help, but then falls for his best friend, Joon - a tough, ageless \"Warehouse kid\" whose arrival complicates everything. As Jack's feelings for Joon grow, so does the danger around them. When old bigotries erupt into violence, Jack must scramble to protect those he loves from a madman and save a dying world. But at what cost? \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a decade of sailing the world with researchers in summer and assisting a glassblower in winter, \u003cb\u003eD. K. McCutchen\u003c\/b\u003e teaches writing for College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts, and is an Associate Director of the Junior Year Writing Program. Currently they live on a river with two brilliant daughters and a flightless Kiwi, and write LGBTQIA-friendly, gender-bender, post-apocalyptic speculative fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks include \u003ci\u003eJELLYFISH DREAMING\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize, and \u003ci\u003eWHALE ROAD\u003c\/i\u003e, a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book and Pushcart nominee about chasing whales through the South Pacific. \u003ci\u003eJELLYFISH DREAMING's \u003c\/i\u003ecompanion novel, \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC ICE, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of a Speculative Literature Foundation grant, will be released soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leapfrog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554560119058,"sku":"9781948585750","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72728428-b00a-4f08-a43d-1ddca4bbc544.jpg?v=1731720049"},{"product_id":"new-fighter-unlocked-the-second-outrider-adventure-9798988919933","title":"New Fighter Unlocked: The Second Outrider Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eMina is having the busiest summer ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuperhero training takes up a lot of time. Between discovering more about their super suits and Guardians, making sure no one accidentally slips and outs themselves as being a Warden, and figuring out how to properly pep talk her team - she barely has time to worry about finding the Lenian base where ex-Warden Capri is hiding, before another robot-monster is sent to Hurst. If that wasn't enough going on, her parents are home. Now she's dodging their questioning and counting down the minutes until they leave on top of everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapri is on unusually good terms with the Lenians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're willing to help craft another attack on the city, all they ask is a little more say in the planning. A reasonable request, as long as she can hold her temper. She needs a way to root out the imposter Wardens and take back Outrider. That requires someone in Hurst doing exactly as she commands, lucky for her the engineers have a solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenrie isn't having a good time at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a voice in her head she doesn't recognize and monsters plaguing her dreams. She's found herself enlisted on the wrong side of the fight and barely keeping it together. While she has the training to hold her own against the Wardens, she's not sure how many more hits she can take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rabbit One Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565262999826,"sku":"9798988919933","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2224c19f-3c47-4688-8b6f-d5ec772702af.jpg?v=1731883996"},{"product_id":"against-the-stars-9781915585035","title":"Against The Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Elliot starts questioning his sexuality on prom night, he's desperate for some certainty and turns to GlimpseTech, a company offering all over-sixteens the chance to glimpse a vision of their future. But Elliot's Glimpse only makes him more confused, showing him in an intimate moment with Seb, the 'one gay kid' in his year at school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeb, meanwhile, has no time to worry about Glimpses, not while he's dealing with his mum's depression and the man showing up at his house demanding money. But then he bumps into Elliot, and bumps into him again, and it seems like the universe is pulling them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite Elliot keeping his Glimpse a secret from Seb, and despite the vast differences between their lives, undeniable feelings begin to develop. But tensions are building in the world around them. People are protesting against the Glimpse technology, and there are rumors about the so-called Last Day: the day beyond which no one has ever seen in their Glimpse. A day which is drawing ever closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst The Stars is an exploration of class, love, and destiny, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End. This speculative, queer romance will have readers desperate to know how things turn out, but if given the choice would you glimpse ahead?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiny Ghost Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568373043474,"sku":"9781915585035","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f77fec2-482a-4f26-9c8f-68cf9026b12d.jpg?v=1731942733"},{"product_id":"on-a-sunbeam-9781250178138","title":"On a Sunbeam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Tillie Walden is the future of comics, and \u003ci\u003eOn a Sunbeam \u003c\/i\u003eis her best work yet. It's a 'space' story unlike any you've ever read, with a rich, lived-in universe of complex characters.\" --Brian K. Vaughan, \u003ci\u003eSaga\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaper Girls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo timelines. Second chances. One love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love--only to learn the pain of loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With interwoven timelines and stunning art, award-winning graphic novelist Tillie Walden creates an inventive world, breathtaking romance, and an epic quest for love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLA Times Festival of Books 2018 Book Prize Winner, Graphic Novel\/Comics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's \"10 Best Graphic Novels of 2018\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2019 Hugo Award Nominee, Best Graphic Story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Harvey Award Nominee, Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Harvey Award Nominee, Best Children's or Young Adult Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTillie Walden is a cartoonist and illustrator from Austin, Texas. Born in 1996, she is a graduate from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Over the course of her time at CCS she published three books with the London based Avery Hill Publishing. Her graphic novels with First Second include her autobiographical work \u003ci\u003eSpinning \u003c\/i\u003eand the sci-fi epic \u003ci\u003eOn a Sunbeam.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a two-time Eisner nominee and Ignatz Award winner who now lives in Los Angeles. When she is not drawing comics, Tillie can be found walking and listening to audiobooks or asleep with a cat.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570398040338,"sku":"9781250178138","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62985e4b-105a-4645-8040-cd3c6b72a7f0.jpg?v=1744273120"},{"product_id":"the-only-light-left-burning-9780063338272","title":"The Only Light Left Burning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Superb.\" --ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat If It's Us\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThey Both Die at the End \u003c\/em\u003ein this sequel to the beloved postapocalyptic queer YA adventure romance \u003cem\u003eAll That's Left in the World \u003c\/em\u003eby \u003cem\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Erik J. Brown. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a long and treacherous journey south, Andrew and Jamie have finally found safety in the Florida Keys. But they soon learn that safety doesn't always mean happily ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSettling into life in the Islamorada colony with other survivors of the bug, Andrew believes they've finally found themselves a home, even a family. But anxious Jamie is less comfortable in their new community and is eager to return north to keep the promise they made to their friend Henri--to bring her to the colony and reunite her with her daughter. Besides, would it really be so bad to find someplace just for the two of them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a hurricane and a shocking betrayal force them to leave the colony in search of new shelter, it brings their tensions to a head--and puts them in the path of some old enemies. Andrew and Jamie must set aside their differences to survive once more and find a new home. But what if \"home\" means different things to each of them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Alex London, and \u003cem\u003eHeartstopper\u003c\/em\u003e by Alice Oseman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Balzer \u0026 Bray\/Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50576125559058,"sku":"9780063338272","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87469e0c-5267-4808-b3cc-f610527e5a8c.jpg?v=1731990900"},{"product_id":"all-thats-left-in-the-world-9780063054981","title":"All That's Left in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat If It's Us\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThey Both Die at the End \u003c\/em\u003ein this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance from debut author Erik J. Brown. Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Alex London, and \u003cem\u003eHeartstopper\u003c\/em\u003e by Alice Oseman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Andrew stumbles upon Jamie's house, he's injured, starved, and has nothing left to lose. A deadly pathogen has killed off most of the world's population, including everyone both boys have ever loved. And if this new world has taught them anything, it's to be scared of what other desperate people will do . . . so why does it seem so easy for them to trust each other?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter danger breaches their shelter, they flee south in search of civilization. But something isn't adding up about Andrew's story, and it could cost them everything. And Jamie has a secret, too. He's starting to feel something more than friendship for Andrew, adding another layer of fear and confusion to an already tumultuous journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe road ahead of them is long, and to survive, they'll have to shed their secrets, face the consequences of their actions, and find the courage to fight for the future they desire, together. Only one thing feels certain: all that's left in their world is the undeniable pull they have toward each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Balzer \u0026 Bray\/Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50584186061074,"sku":"9780063054981","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b54418a4-5f78-41f2-910d-4f26e0e4f09c.jpg?v=1732033635"},{"product_id":"the-lilies-9780063318199","title":"The Lilies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of Us Is Lying\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eA Good Girl's Guide to Murder\u003c\/em\u003e in this don't-dare-to-look-away dark academia thriller that explores how secrets can rot an institution--and the people who uphold it--from the inside out. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryone wants to be a Lily. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Archwell Academy, it's the ticket to a successful future. But like every secret society, there is something much darker beneath the surface \u003cem\u003e... sometimes girls disappear\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen four Archwell students find themselves trapped in a time loop, they must relive their worst memories, untangling the Lilies' moldering roots and unraveling the secrets at the core of their school ... before they destroy their futures forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50585870172434,"sku":"9780063318199","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0af45a34-5461-4988-b38c-5cea692bea9a.jpg?v=1732039792"},{"product_id":"time-and-time-again-9781547613908","title":"Time and Time Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Reese Witherspoon Book Club LitUp Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this debut YA speculative romance perfect for fans of Rachael Lippincott, two queer, disabled, Jewish teens find themselves stuck in a time loop--and falling love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhoebe Mendel's day is never ending--literally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn August 6th, she woke up to find herself stuck in a time loop. And for nearly a month of August 6ths since, Phoebe has relived the same day: pancakes with Mom in the morning, Scrabble with Dad in the afternoon, and constant research into how to reach tomorrow and make it to her appointment with a doctor who may actually take her IBS seriously. Everything is exactly, agonizingly the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat is, until the most mundane car crash ever sends Phoebe's childhood crush Jess crashing into the time loop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow also stuck, Jess convinces Phoebe to break out of her routine and take advantage of their consequence-free days to have fun. From splurging on concert tickets, to enacting (mostly) harmless revenge, to all-night road trips, Jess pulls Phoebe further and further out of her comfort zone--and deeper in love with them. But the more Phoebe falls for Jess, the more she worries about what's on the other side of the time loop. What if Jess is only giving her the time of day because they're trapped with no other options? What if Phoebe's new doctor dismisses her chronic pain? And perhaps worst of all: What if she never gets the chance to find out?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChatham Greenfield\u003c\/b\u003e is a young adult author born and raised in Florida, which is why their stories often take place in humid seaside towns. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2020, they were selected as a fellow in the inaugural class of LitUp by Reese's Book Club. You can find them wherever there's air conditioning, wrapped up in a blanket, reading a gay love story. TIME AND TIME AGAIN is their debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury YA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50586173079826,"sku":"9781547613908","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_075df5bc-3ca7-44d7-8871-efb07da75367.jpg?v=1732042357"},{"product_id":"together-in-a-broken-world-9781648907371","title":"Together in a Broken World","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo boys fall in love in a deadly world, but it's the secrets they keep that might kill them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town's sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, but his fears hold him captive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen-year-old Aiden is on a critical mission for the covert Scientific Collective, delivering vials whose contents could cure the Infection. Tortured by his boyfriend's death, he welcomes the risks of the perilous journey. When a militia attacks Aiden, he flees to Zach's town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boys escape together and soon form a bond as they comfort each other in this desolate and broken world. The farther they travel, the more their affection grows, as do the forces pulling them apart. But their greatest threats are the secrets they keep. Zach hides details of his uncle's death, and Aiden conceals the vials' sinister origins. In order to survive, they'll have to confront the truths that could tear their love apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ninestar Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590782554386,"sku":"9781648907371","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e8562e9-341f-4e13-bedb-3f2f490e20e0.jpg?v=1737298330"},{"product_id":"the-darkness-outside-us-9780062888235","title":"The Darkness Outside Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey Both Die at the End \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eGravity \u003c\/em\u003ein this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed--not when he's rescuing his own sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eBCCB\u003c\/em\u003e Blue Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults \u0026amp; Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchrefer, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEliot Schrefer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, and has won the Green Earth Book Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature. His novels include the Lost Rainforest series, \u003cem\u003eEndangered, Threatened, Rescued, Orphaned, \u003c\/em\u003eand two books in the Spirit Animals series. He lives in New York City, is on the faculty of the Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA in creative writing programs, and reviews books for \u003cem\u003eUSA Today. \u003c\/em\u003eVisit him online at www.eliotschrefer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Tegen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591735152914,"sku":"9780062888235","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a075d30e-3b24-49de-a6e8-57e9661f7b7e.jpg?v=1732094450"},{"product_id":"harley-quinn-redemption-9780593429945","title":"Harley Quinn: Redemption","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen girls in Gotham City go missing, Harley Quinn is determined to track down their kidnapper. But the only way to outsmart a villain is to engage in a little villainy herself. Don't miss the adrenaline-racing conclusion to the Harley Quinn trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Gotham City even the heroes are wicked.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarley Quinn and Poison Ivy can't wait to cross off the final items on their summer bucket list. They still need to: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGo to Pride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet mani\/pedis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigure out how they can kiss without Ivy's toxic lips killing Harley. (Every relationship has its challenges!)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut their to-do list gets more dangerous when young girls vanish from the streets of Gotham City. The only clues left behind are the dolls on Harley's doorstep from a mysterious sender known as the Dollmaker. The message is clear: come find me...if you dare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author Rachael Allen delivers the fast-paced and fiercely feminist conclusion to the Harley Quinn trilogy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Allen's Harley is a fierce, righteous, brilliant, and preternaturally brace ball of chaos. I loved and feared every single minute with her.\" -Dahlia Adler, author of \u003ci\u003eCool for the Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachael Allen\u003c\/b\u003e is a scientist by day and kid lit author by night. She is the winner of the 2019 Georgia Young Adult Author of the Year award, and her books include \u003ci\u003e17 First Kisses, The Revenge Playbook, The Summer of Impossibilities\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Taxonomy of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Junior Library Guild and 2018 Books All Young Georgians Should Read selection. Rachael lives in Decatur, Georgia, with two children and two sled dogs.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50594082488594,"sku":"9780593429945","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3554560-aa56-4fe3-9c29-4730c24e4f23.jpg?v=1745860691"},{"product_id":"trailer-park-prince-9781915585165","title":"Trailer Park Prince","description":"\u003cp\u003eA decade ago, a rift tore open the Kaydan sky, pulling twin princes, Noan and Jormon, plus thousands of their people, from their home world and dumping them in the American South. In the years since, they've grown used to the drones policing their every move and to hiding the magic-like abilities that set them apart. But they'll never get used to the crosses burning outside their trailer-an occasional reminder that Kaydans don't belong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced to attend a human high school in the name of integration, a band-aid on an increasingly fraught diplomatic situation, the brothers are hesitant but hopeful. Jormon is excited about pursuing the feelings he has for Dirk, a human-raised Kaydan, away from his traditional father's watchful eye. And Noan, blamed for the Kaydans' displacement, is looking for somewhere-anywhere-to fit in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the halls of Toombs County High are as inhospitable as the rest of the country, and Jormon and Noan quickly find they're as unwanted in class as they are on this planet. When tragedy strikes and violence breaks out, Jormon and Noan find themselves at the forefront of a battle for the existence of their people. Their bonds tested, the twins face gut-wrenching choices, forcing them to confront who they really are, what they truly want, and what it takes to survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen asked to lead in the face of oppression, will they walk away or fight fire with fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thought provoking and unflinching depiction of prejudice, racial oppression, and the need to define oneself in the face of adversary, \u003cem\u003eTrailer Park Prince\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely allegory unafraid of addressing the divides facing our society. Full of magic, queer identities, action, and social commentary in an urgent and biting contemporary sci-fi fantasy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiny Ghost Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50594161787154,"sku":"9781915585165","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f27c76b1-8d2e-45ac-a8aa-323fbdc11d15.jpg?v=1732127413"},{"product_id":"trailer-park-prince-9781915585158","title":"Trailer Park Prince","description":"\u003cp\u003eA decade ago, a rift tore open the Kaydan sky, pulling twin princes, Noan and Jormon, plus thousands of their people, from their home world and dumping them in the American South. In the years since, they've grown used to the drones policing their every move and to hiding the magic-like abilities that set them apart. But they'll never get used to the crosses burning outside their trailer-an occasional reminder that Kaydans don't belong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced to attend a human high school in the name of integration, a band-aid on an increasingly fraught diplomatic situation, the brothers are hesitant but hopeful. Jormon is excited about pursuing the feelings he has for Dirk, a human-raised Kaydan, away from his traditional father's watchful eye. And Noan, blamed for the Kaydans' displacement, is looking for somewhere-anywhere-to fit in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the halls of Toombs County High are as inhospitable as the rest of the country, and Jormon and Noan quickly find they're as unwanted in class as they are on this planet. When tragedy strikes and violence breaks out, Jormon and Noan find themselves at the forefront of a battle for the existence of their people. Their bonds tested, the twins face gut-wrenching choices, forcing them to confront who they really are, what they truly want, and what it takes to survive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen asked to lead in the face of oppression, will they walk away or fight fire with fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thought provoking and unflinching depiction of prejudice, racial oppression, and the need to define oneself in the face of adversary, \u003cem\u003eTrailer Park Prince\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely allegory unafraid of addressing the divides facing our society. Full of magic, queer identities, action, and social commentary in an urgent and biting contemporary sci-fi fantasy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiny Ghost Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597249679634,"sku":"9781915585158","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff3a91b4-4121-4504-9358-c463a2c0e69a.jpg?v=1732175527"},{"product_id":"all-thats-left-in-the-world-9780063054974","title":"All That's Left in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat If It's Us\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThey Both Die at the End \u003c\/em\u003ein this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance from debut author Erik J. Brown. Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Alex London, and \u003cem\u003eHeartstopper\u003c\/em\u003e by Alice Oseman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Andrew stumbles upon Jamie's house, he's injured, starved, and has nothing left to lose. A deadly pathogen has killed off most of the world's population, including everyone both boys have ever loved. And if this new world has taught them anything, it's to be scared of what other desperate people will do . . . so why does it seem so easy for them to trust each other?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter danger breaches their shelter, they flee south in search of civilization. But something isn't adding up about Andrew's story, and it could cost them everything. And Jamie has a secret, too. He's starting to feel something more than friendship for Andrew, adding another layer of fear and confusion to an already tumultuous journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe road ahead of them is long, and to survive, they'll have to shed their secrets, face the consequences of their actions, and find the courage to fight for the future they desire, together. Only one thing feels certain: all that's left in their world is the undeniable pull they have toward each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrown, Erik J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErik J. Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eAll That's Left in the World\u003c\/em\u003e. Erik was selected as a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow. When not writing genre-blending books for young adults, he enjoys traveling and embarking on the relentless quest of appeasing his Shiba Inu. He lives in Philadelphia with his husband.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balzer \u0026 Bray\/Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600409858322,"sku":"9780063054974","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17fb87e0-74c3-4eb5-8007-2a175d0c1787.jpg?v=1732213172"},{"product_id":"cosmoknights-book-one-9781603094542","title":"Cosmoknights (Book One)","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor this ragtag band of space gays, liberation means beating the patriarchy at its own game.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess... until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life may not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world... and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannah is a queer cartoonist and graphic designer currently living in Seattle. She graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2011 and has since worked as a colorist, cover artist and interior artist on well-known titles such as \u003ci\u003eSamurai Jack, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTomb Raider, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJem and the Holograms\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also worked for several years at various Seattle design agencies, most recently as a UX designer at States of Matter. She enjoys life with her trusty dog Thistle and grumpy cat Noodle, and plays tabletop roleplaying games as often as she can.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600792654098,"sku":"9781603094542","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14aafa49-f032-4d1d-a832-00e2a68806f2.jpg?v=1732216652"},{"product_id":"gearbreakers-9781250833259","title":"Gearbreakers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling for each other--in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoe Hana Mikuta's high-octane debut \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers, \u003c\/i\u003e perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003ePacific Rim\u003c\/i\u003e, Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga, and Marie Lu's Legend series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe went past praying to deities and started to build them instead.\u003c\/i\u003e.. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe shadow of Godolia's tyrannical rule is spreading, aided by their giant mechanized weapons known as Windups. War and oppression are everyday constants for the people of the Badlands, who live under the thumb of their cruel Godolia overlords. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEris Shindanai is a Gearbreaker, a brash young rebel who specializes in taking down Windups from the inside. When one of her missions goes awry and she finds herself in a Godolia prison, Eris meets Sona Steelcrest, a cybernetically enhanced Windup pilot. At first Eris sees Sona as her mortal enemy, but Sona has a secret: She has intentionally infiltrated the Windup program to destroy Godolia from within. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the clock ticks down to their deadliest mission yet, a direct attack to end Godolia's reign once and for all, Eris and Sona grow closer--as comrades, friends, and perhaps something more... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAn absolute joyride\u003c\/b\u003e of a story set in a vivid, arresting world. \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003esci-fi at its very finest\u003c\/b\u003e, combining the grandeur of mecha fighting machines with the intimacy of (splendidly feral) found family. \u003cb\u003eZoe Hana Mikuta is a talent to be in awe of\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --Chloe Gong, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThese Violent Delights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoe Hana Mikuta\u003c\/b\u003e currently attends the University of Washington in Seattle, studying English with a creative writing focus. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady infatuation for fictional worlds. When she is not writing, Zoe can be found embroidering runes onto her jean pockets, studying tarot or herbology, or curled up with a cup of caramel coffee and a good, bloody but heartwarming book. \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601020653842,"sku":"9781250833259","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9639f6c-04c0-4553-8a5e-ecb0121f2f77.jpg?v=1732219517"},{"product_id":"the-darkness-outside-us-9780062888280","title":"The Darkness Outside Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey Both Die at the End \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eGravity \u003c\/em\u003ein this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed--not when he's rescuing his own sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eBCCB\u003c\/em\u003e Blue Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults \u0026amp; Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchrefer, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEliot Schrefer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, and has won the Green Earth Book Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature. His novels include the Lost Rainforest series, \u003cem\u003eEndangered, Threatened, Rescued, Orphaned, \u003c\/em\u003eand two books in the Spirit Animals series. He lives in New York City, is on the faculty of the Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University MFA in creative writing programs, and reviews books for \u003cem\u003eUSA Today. \u003c\/em\u003eVisit him online at www.eliotschrefer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Tegen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604317376786,"sku":"9780062888280","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60b4df08-64a5-4351-b46d-b897781dbe7b.jpg?v=1732258339"},{"product_id":"val-vega-secret-ambassador-of-earth-9798989270903","title":"Val Vega: Secret Ambassador of Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A captivating, heartfelt tale about family, diplomacy, and finding one's place in the universe.\" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVal Vega figured that in her junior year of high school, all she'd have to worry about was getting a decent score on the SATs, captaining the softball team, and figuring out her unrequited crush on her cute nonbinary bestie. Then Val discovers a family secret she never expected: her tío Umberto is Earth's ambassador to an interstellar council of planets, and his unexpected death installs Val as his successor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Galactic empires are on the brink of war, and only Val can salvage interstellar peace. She has to hammer out treaties with giant jellyfish-shaped aliens that float like zeppelins, gets abducted by underground insurgents, and has to navigate the divisions of a colonized planet where telepathy puts every thought and every conflict out in the open. Her impossible task is even harder since Earth is known across the Galaxy as a violent, self-destructive backwater planet with intolerable humidity. Worse, she learns her uncle's death was no accident - he was assassinated, and the prime suspects are the three aliens Val trusted as her uncle's allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of her depth and with the weight of two worlds on her shoulders, Val must solve her uncle's murder and bring peace to the Galaxy-all while helping her grieving family, managing the dramas of her friends, and getting a passing grade in trig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Francisco's debut novel is a Latinx space adventure populated by diverse humans and aliens who break the binaries of Earth and the Galaxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aventura Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606611136786,"sku":"9798989270903","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec096d20-d543-4958-bc4d-ca3fd4e745e2.jpg?v=1732296975"},{"product_id":"always-human-a-graphic-novel-always-human-1-9781499811094","title":"Always Human: A Graphic Novel (Always Human, #1)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways Human\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully drawn, sapphic graphic novel about a developing relationship between two young women in a near-future, soft sci-fi setting. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst serialized on the popular app and website WebToon, \u003ci\u003eAlways Human\u003c\/i\u003e amassed over 51 million views and nearly 700,000 subscribers. Now, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor the first time, this incredible story has been reformatted for a print edition! Along with the sequel \u003ci\u003eLove and Gravity, \u003c\/i\u003e get ready to fall in love with this ground-breaking story of support and romance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This beautifully illustrated slice-of-life tale that shows two young women of color getting to know each other and creating a relationship is so warm and charming that readers will hardly notice how much they are learning about how to better interact with folx who are different from themselves and the importance of not making assumptions.\" \u003ci\u003e-- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...soft, expressive art adds a visceral charge to the couple's very human experiences, which range from excitement and affection to pain and doubt.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This wholesome plot focuses on building understanding, offering mutual support, and budding self-acceptance, as well as the importance of asking rather than making assumptions; avoiding othering; and regarding all those in one's orbit with compassion...\u003cb\u003eA charming, sensitive story of love and acceptance.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" In a technologically advanced near future, two young women bumble through their first dates and fights together as they enjoy the exhilaration of new love\u003ci\u003e....Always Human \u003c\/i\u003eby Ari North is an endearingly feel-good sapphic romance set against a diverting futuristic backdrop.\" --Samantha Zaboski, Shelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the near-future, people use technology to give the illusion of all kinds of body modifications-but some people have \"Egan's Syndrome,\" a highly sensitive immune system that rejects these \"mods\" and are unable to use them. Those who are affected maintain a \"natural\" appearance, reliant on cosmetics and hair dye at most to help them play with their looks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSunati is attracted to Austen the first time she sees her and is drawn to what she assumes is Austen's bravery and confidence to live life unmodded. When Sunati learns the truth, she's still attracted to Austen and asks her on a date. Gradually, their relationship unfolds as they deal with friends, family, and the emotional conflicts that come with every romance. Together, they will learn and grow in a story that reminds us no matter how technology evolves, we will remain . . . always human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRendered in beautiful detail and an extraordinary color palette, \u003ci\u003eAlways Human\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweet love story told in a gentle sci-fi setting by a queer woman cartoonist, Ari North. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in partnership with media advocacy organization GLAAD, this empowering book positively represents LGBTQ families.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAri North is a queer cartoonist who believes an entertaining story should also be full of diversity and inclusion. As a writer, an artist, and a musician, she wrote, drew, and composed the music for \u003ci\u003eAlways Human\u003c\/i\u003e, a complete romance\/sci-fi webcomic about two queer girls navigating maturity and finding happiness. She's currently working on a second webcomic, \u003ci\u003eAerial Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, which is about the everyday lives of the witches who work at a broomstick repair shop. She lives in Australia with her husband.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yellow Jacket","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607471558930,"sku":"9781499811094","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef79dac9-9475-4805-af53-3bac6a215bca.jpg?v=1732308846"},{"product_id":"a-different-kind-of-brave-9781641609500","title":"A Different Kind of Brave","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Thrilling. Positively thrilling.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nicolas \"Nico\" Hall is sixteen when he escapes from Dr. H's religious gay reprogramming institute in California. On his own, he assumes one identity after another to avoid recapture as he flees south to Peru and then to Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seven days older than Nico, Samuel \"Sam\" Jonas Solomon is a privileged Upper West Side only child who idolizes James Bond. When his heart is broken, he vows that, like Bond, he's never going to trust in love again. Then he meets Nico, and his heart won't listen to any logic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nico's survived by living only for himself--until his love for Sam has him risking his freedom for others. Together, Nico and Sam set out to free the other teens trapped in Dr. H's Institute, plunging readers into perils, drama, and a long-shot chance at love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo succeed, they'll both have to be \u003ci\u003eA Different Kind of Brave\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Wind\u003c\/b\u003e is not currently a spy, but he did spend fourteen years undercover (what most people call \"in the closet\"). Today he writes the books that would have changed his life as a young Gay Jewish kid. He is the author of the nonfiction Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection \u003ci\u003eNo Way, They Were Gay?\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e named a top five independently published young adult book of 2018, \u003ci\u003eQueer as a Five-Dollar Bill\u003c\/i\u003e. He also runs the popular blog \u003ci\u003eI'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell Do I Read?\u003c\/i\u003e--words his teenage self only dreamed of saying. Lee lives in Los Angeles with his husband of more than twenty-five years, and they have a grown daughter. Visit Lee online at leewind.org.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Interlude Press - Duet Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608612245778,"sku":"9781641609500","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39ee6881-99ca-4827-ba8b-d3e6c8ffbe9b.jpg?v=1732323413"},{"product_id":"radio-apocalypse-9781088011126","title":"Radio Apocalypse","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's been nearly seven thousand days since the world ended. Seven thousand days of devastation, seven thousand days of shifting wastelands and dangerous creatures, seven thousand days of a vicious fight for survival. Humanity has long gone silent, except for two voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLota's broadcast has served as the sole beacon in this time of darkness for years now, and she reports on everything from daily events to her own deepest fears in the hopes of connecting with another person. But these hopes begin to dwindle as time goes on, and it becomes increasingly evident that solitary survival under these conditions is unlikely at best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel, meanwhile, lives on her own in the empty shell of her family's former home and place of work, a laboratory across the ocean, doing anything she can to get by. But when a mysterious disease ravages Rachel's crops and the ghosts of her past come back to haunt her, it becomes increasingly evident that she needs to leave. She has nowhere to go, however, until one night, the impossible happens: she uncovers Lota's broadcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen it becomes a race for them to beat the odds-to cross an ocean and hundreds of miles of radioactive land, outrun superhuman mutations and monsters of every kind, not to mention braving the elements-and for two of the last people on earth to find each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kayleigh Gallagher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609776689426,"sku":"9781088011126","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6526e9b9-34d4-4036-8416-58d34fedfcd7.jpg?v=1732330929"},{"product_id":"godslayers-9781250878908","title":"Godslayers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGodslayers--\u003c\/i\u003eZoe Hana Mikuta's high-octane sequel to \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers--\u003c\/i\u003eis perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003ePacific Rim\u003c\/i\u003e, Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga, and Marie Lu's Legend series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only way to kill a god is from the inside... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Gearbreakers struck a devastating blow against Godolia on Heavensday, but the cost of victory has been steep. Months later, the few rebels who've managed to escape the tyrannical empire's bloody retribution have fled to the mountains, hunted by the last Zenith--Godolia's only surviving leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEris has been held prisoner since the attack on the capital city, which almost killed her. And she begins to wish it had when she discovers Sona--the girl she loves, the girl she would tear down cities for--also survived, only to be captured and corrupted by the Zenith. The cybernetic brainwashing that Sona has forcibly undergone now has her believing herself a loyal soldier for Godolia, and Eris' mortal enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the rebellion shattered and Godolia moving forward with an insidious plan to begin inducting Badlands children into a new Windup Pilot program, the odds have never been more stacked against the Gearbreakers. Their last hope for victory will depend on whether Eris and Sona can somehow find their way back to each other from opposite sides of a war... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An absolute joyride ... Zoe Hana Mikuta is a talent to be in awe of.\" --Chloe Gong, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThese Violent Delights\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dark, fierce, thrilling, and tender, \u003ci\u003eGearbreakers\u003c\/i\u003e will make your blood sing. ... An electric heart beats on every page of this breathlessly paced cyberpunk adventure.\" --Nina Varela, author of \u003ci\u003eCrier's War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoe Hana Mikuta\u003c\/b\u003e currently attends the University of Washington in Seattle, studying English with a creative writing focus. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady infatuation for fictional worlds. When she is not writing, Zoe can be found embroidering runes onto her jean pockets, studying tarot or herbology, or curled up with a cup of caramel coffee and a good, bloody but heartwarming book. She is the author of the Gearbreakers duology.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611152224530,"sku":"9781250878908","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a160a81-36cd-45d0-8574-07a5e56fb302.jpg?v=1732358238"},{"product_id":"divinity-36-tinkered-starsong-book-1-9781944751364","title":"Divinity 36: Tinkered Starsong Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe aliens are coming for us and they want our voices.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Gail Carriger brings you a gloriously warm and unique scifi about the power of art, celebrity, and found family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhex is a barista on a forgotten moon. Which is fine - he likes being ignored and he's good at making drinks. Until one day an alien hears him singing and recruits him to become a god. Now Phex is thrust headfirst into the galaxy's most cutthroat entertainment industry, where music is visible, the price of fame can kill, and the only friends he has want to be worshiped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the divinity. Where there is no difference between celebrity and religion, love and belief, acolyte and alien. Where the right kind of obsession can drive a person crazy or turn them divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A tapestry that is simultaneously witty, charming, exhilarating and downright fun.\" fantasyliterature.com (\u003cem\u003eSoulless\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecky Chambers meets \u003cem\u003eThe Voice\u003c\/em\u003e in the first of the Tinkered Starsong trilogy in which the mysterious Dyesi are trying to take over the universe, but they're doing it so beautifully we might just let them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gail Carriger LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613375631634,"sku":"9781944751364","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aaf73ec2-bf31-443e-acc7-e2bf5c5b00bf.jpg?v=1732398492"},{"product_id":"dome-6-tinkered-starsong-book-3-9781944751593","title":"Dome 6: Tinkered Starsong Book 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaving the unwilling with song, one planet at a time. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Gail Carriger brings you the thrilling conclusion to her Tinkered Starsong trilogy in which the true purpose of the divinity is revealed at last. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan a group of performers take on an entire alien species? Do they want to, if the price of the truth is their own popularity and the safety of billions? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhex, Missit, and their pantheons are the most popular gods in the galaxy and the aliens will stop at nothing to keep them singing. But with great fame comes great responsibility. As Phex finally understands the consequences of the music he produces, he is forced to choose between being a god and destroying humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you could sing peace into the bones of the universe, would you? Even if no one wanted salvation? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A tapestry that is simultaneously witty, charming, exhilarating and downright fun.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - fantasyliterature.com (\u003cem\u003eSoulless\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/em\u003e but make it Kpop in the final installment of the Tinkered Starsong trilogy (follows \u003cem\u003eDivinity 36\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDemigod 12\u003c\/em\u003e) in which the mystery of the Dyesi is finally uncovered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso by Gail Carriger \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrudrat\u003c\/em\u003e (set in the same universe) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Finishing School series (start with \u003cem\u003eEtiquette \u0026amp; Espionage\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Delightfully Deadly stories \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Parasol Protectorate series (start with \u003cem\u003eSoulless\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Supernatural Society stories \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Custard Protocol series (start with \u003cem\u003ePrudence\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Claw \u0026amp; Courtship stories \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs G L Carriger \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 5th Gender\u003c\/em\u003e (also scifi set in the same universe) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gail Carriger LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613534425362,"sku":"9781944751593","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6227f354-94c0-4fd2-99d1-8d754504e0f1.jpg?v=1732406260"}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/collections\/lgbtq-ya-sci-fi.oembed","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}