Acclaimed poet Bao Phi delivers a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and son—and between cultures, old and new. A Different Pond is an unforgettable story about a simple event—a long-ago fishing trip. Between hope-filled casts, Bao’s father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam. The New York Times has said that Bao Phi’s poetry “rhymes with the truth.” Together with graphic novelist Thi Bui’s striking, evocative art, Phi’s expertly crafted prose reflects an immigrant family making its way in a new home while honoring its bonds to the past. Children
Reporter McKenzie McClendon is tracking her next story, a sadistic killer known as The Cradle Robber, a murderer leaving pregnant women to die and disappearing with their babies. Now, a child’s future hangs in the balance. Five lives careen toward a terrifying collision. McKenzie must discover which key will unlock the puzzle, and which will get her killed. Learn more about this book and Author http://www.colbymarshall.com Thriller
Bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making etc) returns to adult fiction with an eagerly awaited new novel: RADIANCE. She applies the phenomenal talent that made the Fairyland series so popular to give readers what she describes as a decopunk pulp science fiction alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood—and solar system—very different from our own. http://www.catherynnemvalente.com YA, Fantasy, SciFi
Would you believe that under the ground, right beneath your city, was another city? A city filled with people just like you
– only these people are made of scraps and discarded items from a junkyard. Discover the magic of Smithytowne and the Scrappers.
Shutterstock: Furtsekk, jules2000] Find out more at http://www.thorntonarts.com/writing/ #ScrapCity Children/Fantasy
A Princess of Roumania fantasy, with an extraordinary, intense, compressed SF novel in three parts, each set in its own alternate-history universe. The sections are all rooted in Virginia and the Battle of the Crater, and are also grounded in the real history of the Park family, from differing points of view.
The first section is set in the aftermath of the Civil War, in a world in which the Queen of the North has negotiated a two-nation settlement. The second, taking place in northwestern Massachusetts, investigates a secret project during World War II, in a time somewhat like the present. The third is set in the near-future United States, with aliens from history.
The cumulative effect is awesome. There hasn’t been a three part novel this ambitious in science fiction since Gene Wolfe’s classic The Fifth Head of Cerberus. Find out more at http://us.macmillan.com/allthosevanishedengines/PaulPark Fantasy/Scifi
Dr. Julia Capua, a brilliant neurosurgeon, faces the prospect of raising their son alone when her
husband, Dr. Roman Montague, the famous neuroscientist is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Will she make the impossible choice to save the one she loves, and can she live with the consequences?
The Immortal: How Far Would You Go to Save the One You Love?
Find out more at http://www.the-immortal.com Scifi/Thriller
As sleaze oozes from the Pentagon, banished Marine and Naval Academy alum Susanna Marcasi finds a web of corruption and must take on a man to whom all are beholden, Defense Secretary Manfred Stahl. Can she bring down the cloistered power brokers deep within the military’s superstructure and survive? Blood Stripe: The Susanna Marcasi Chronicles Find out more at – http://www.GinaMariaDiNicolo.com
Hal hates history class—it literally bores him to tears. But his father is a big history buff, and unless Hal gets a good grade this year, he’ll never get his own room. Sixth grade gets off to a horrible start when history teacher Mr. Tupkin gives the class an assignment to write journals that will be buried in a time capsule at the end of the year. Things get even worse when his dad makes him take his neighbor’s old shopping cart to school, earning him the nickname “Cartboy.” What else could possibly go wrong? Read Hal’s journal to find out!Filled with photos, drawings, and timelines, Hal’s time capsule journal chronicles a year in the life of the hopelessly hapless Cartboy. Learn more about this book and author at http://bit.ly/cartboy YA
Jean Cartwright Rhodes is struggling to come to grips with the death of her childhood best friend, Hope.
Twenty-nine years later, Jean fights for her sanity as she confronts the dark web of intrigue set in motion by
a split-second decision in the aftermath of the tragedy. Learn more here, http://bit.ly/1jXhhry Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Faith, a psychologist, flees a killer. She inherits a house near Cincinnati, her nightmare after finding her mother’s body hanging in the basement there 23 years. But it’s a place to hide. A killer has been murdering girls in the basement and targets Faith so she can’t end his fun. http://www.KarenRoseBooks.com Thriller/Suspense
A lovely girl grows up in isolation where her father, a powerful magus, has spirited them to in order to keep them safe.
In this incredible retelling of the fantastical tale, Jacqueline Carey shows readers the other side of the coin—the dutiful and tenderhearted Miranda, who loves her father but is terribly lonely. And Caliban, the strange and feral boy Prospero has bewitched to serve him. The two find solace and companionship in each other as Prospero weaves his magic and dreams of revenge.
Always under Prospero’s jealous eye, Miranda and Caliban battle the dark, unknowable forces that bind them to the island even as the pangs of adolescence create a new awareness of each other and their doomed relationship. Find out more at- http://us.macmillan.com/mirandaandcaliban/jacquelinecarey/9780765386793/ Romance/Fantasy
Say please for Please, Mr. Panda! Doughnuts and pandas…Manners have never been more fun! Find out more at http://www.steveantony.com/please-mr-panda/ and for teachers- http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/please-mr-panda#cart/cleanup Children and Education
