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HEIRESS OF NOWHERE It's 1918, and Nowhere is all Lucy has ever known. An expansive estate on Orcas Island, Washington, many would say Lucy's lucky to have grown up here. And she recognizes that she is lucky. Not everyone would have taken in an orphan girl like her. But that doesn't mean she can't dream of more. And more, for Lucy, means leaving Nowhere. It means setting out for college. It means seeing what the world has to hold But just days from when she plans to leave the island for good, her benefactor, the eccentric shipbuilder who founded Nowhere, dies. Worse, Lucy's the one who finds the body... or part of it. With just his severed head washed ashore, rumors swirl about dark sea spirits, hungry sea wolves. But Lucy knows the answer is simpler than that: murder. What Lucy isn't prepared for is being implicated. When little Lucy Nowhere is named heiress to the estate, it stirs up all new rumors. And with a murder...

THE OKS ARE NOT OK This summer will set Elena Ok free. She's got sponsored brand deals and public appearances lined up for her lifestyle brand all summer long, enough that she should be able to break away from her family and live how she wants.  Unfortunately, all of that falls through when her family's fast fashion brand It's OK! gets caught in an investor's scandal. Think Ponzi scheme. Think bankruptcy. Think full IRS audit. With deals dropping, paparazzi swarming, and the family mansion part of the whole audit thing, there's really only one option: Blaire, California. The piece of land her parents bought there years ago used to be worth something, but since Blaire was declared a National Radio Quiet zone, that worth has all but vanished. It's only temporary, of course. That's what Elena has to tell herself. But being untethered from her social media, the very thing that's given her a leg up in life, isn't ea...

ERASE ME Eli is fine. That's what he keeps telling everyone. His parents. His brother. His therapist. He's fine. Sure, he's been numb inside for the past year, since the traumatic car accident that took months of his memory. But other than that, he's perfectly fine. He would like to feel something again, though. Even if that means doing something extreme. Even if that means Traumaland. Eli didn't mean to stumble upon this illicit establishment, where VR headsets allow people to pay to experience trauma by the minute. But it sure does the trick. High octane trauma has a way of making even the numbest individuals feel something. But as much as they assured him these scenes were acted out by, you know, paid actors, something feels off... And when Eli stumbles upon a scene where he himself is the star of the trauma, he knows there's something darker, something much more dangerous, happening here than he ever imagined. An...

THE DANGER OF SMALL THINGS The unthinkable has happened: the bees are gone. The pollinators have vanished, and the balance of the planet has shifted. Famine and fighting break out. Resources are scarce. What we have, we have to hoard for our survival. Jess doesn't remember a time when there were bees. She doesn't remember the world before scarcity. She hardly remembers life before she was taken from her home, conscripted by the government like every other young girl to pollinate crops by hand. It's hard work, in the beating sun, and she doesn't even get to see the (literal) fruit of her labor. Anything good is reserved for trade and bargaining, not for girls like her. But despite everything, Jess is her mother's daughter. The years her mother hid her instilled in her hope, a sense of rebellion, and even the harshest punishments of this government camp can't quell that. Plus, she has something the others don't have...