用任何其他名字, Erin Cotter writes a historical fiction novel about William Shakespeare’s London, sharing ample allusions to his work and plays. The story opens in 1593 London at the Rose Theater, where young Will Hughes is aging out of the theater because his voice is changing and he will no longer be able to play the female parts. 使他的生活更加复杂, the plague is making its way through the city, 电影院将关闭,直到法案通过. As a result, his patron, Christopher Marlowe (Kit) encourages him to find another home. 皇冠登录welcome。. 这句话使威尔屏住了呼吸. 八点阅读更多→

Pride and Prejudice in Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott does indeed allude to the Jane Austen novel. 然而, 它的意义远不止这些, taking a deep dive into the magic of attraction and chemistry, where two young women wish for moments charged with potential.   通常雄心勃勃,充满灵感, 奥黛丽·卡梅伦住在2023年的匹兹堡, 但她已经暂停了自己的生活. Art school wait lists, rejections, and heartbreaks seem to define her present. Because her heart’s desire involves using art to tell the stories of people, Audrey dreams of attending Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). 她希望把时间花在学习上阅读更多→

With This Indian Kid, Eddie Chuculate writes what he subtitles A Native American Memoir. Recounting events from his life during the years 1976-1984, Chuculate conveys how living in Oklahoma—where the races grew up together—the library was his second home. The days of his youth and adolescence were filled with playing sports, 园艺, 钓鱼, 写作, 听音乐. A addict of sorts, Eddie “lived and breathed sports.” He was “an all-star in summer baseball, shot hoops in the backyard goal year-round ‘til midnight, 这是一种安全, 跑步回来, 和足球场上的开球后卫”(124). His only problem at school came in basketball because Coach阅读更多→

With Plan A, Deb Caletti has written a story that conveys the power of choice. 为了发展这个主题, Caletti creates sixteen-year-old Ivy Devries who lives in Paris, 德州, a place populated by conservative people with strict opinions. From a long line of fierce women, Ivy finds herself in a predicament: She’s pregnant. But how could that be when she hasn’t actually had sex? Although Ivy aligns herself with Thomas Hardy’s protagonist in Tess of the D’Urbervilles, “永远毁了. 与其说是个人,不如说是个问题, 已经碎了, 她的未来注定了”(40), 艾薇意识到她只是个普通女孩, 谁从没想到会发生这种事阅读更多→

Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall is set in Caball Hollow in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, 传说和爱情在那里茁壮成长. Pearsall tells the story of the James family and the lives of its women whose legacy is superstition. 一个被怀疑是女巫的家庭, the James women use minerals and locally grown plants to create infusions, 药酒, 和安慰;. With these homemade remedies and whispered words, they treat people’s ailments. 然而, this story extends beyond a family and natural remedies to become about our deepest desires, 对可能性的信念, and the sacrifices we are willing to make in the name of阅读更多→

Although 艾莎·赛义德的《welcome皇冠地址》 is certainly a story about 爱, the plot runs much deeper to embrace other topics, 也。. 移民等话题, 社会经济地位, 真理, and following one’s dreams also find a place in these pages. Saeed shares multiple morals as the story of Raf and Yas unfolds. 当故事开始时, readers learn briefly of Raf’s trek from Golub and about a sacred tree that allows or denies passage from one world to another. People from Raf’s world have a golden leaf birthmark that pulses and warms in warning if a person has moved beyond the perimeter of阅读更多→

Although Kelis Rowe的《寻找木星 is a romance novel, 这也是关于如何面对失去, 责备的影响, 以及希望的重要性. Set in Tennessee, Rowe’s novel features two teens: Ray Evans and Orion Roberson. With her found poetry, Ray turns words into art. 被浪漫所吸引, 但并没有被它的戏剧性所吸引, 雷把业余时间用在排球上, 类, 和艺术. Someone who likes creating beautiful things, Ray is also an artist on roller skates. After seeing the effect that 爱 has had on her mother, Ray is afraid to 爱 because of the risk of loss. 她发现阅读更多→

《welcome皇冠地址》,弗朗西斯科·X. Stork has penned a powerful and poignant story. His protagonist Alberto Bocel is an undocumented Mexican in the United States working in order to send money back to Ticul, 墨西哥, 为了他母亲的医药费. Alberto endures symptoms of a mental condition that leaves him oscillating between a cloud of forgetfulness or battling the voice in his head. 结果,他感到心碎. When Alberto is accused of murdering Mrs. Macpherson, he wonders if he is capable of such cruelty. Did the voice in his head—whom he has named Captain America—use his hands to commit murder? At阅读更多→

Although the two main characters in Deborah Crossland’s newest novel, The Quiet Part Out Loud are a baseball pitcher and a cheerleader, this is not your typical “athlete gets the girl” romance. 这是一本关于精神的书, 情感, and spiritual wholeness as much as it is about how relationships involve opening worlds for one another and experiencing those worlds together. It confirms that 爱 is an action verb. More than just feeling, 爱 is doing; it is serving the needs of others. Set in San Francisco, the story follows the lives of Alfie Thanasis and Mia Clementine. Determined to find beauty in people and阅读更多→