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Why should a reader pick up Blue Mar? How do we find belonging in a world ravaged by climate change? For some, the answer is to build a new home. Blue Mar takes us to a time in the near future, when the world's first plastic island-called Blue Mar-has been geo-engineered in the middle of the rising seas, out of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The story centers on two half-Latina sisters, who search for identity and belonging in...

Agapanthus was kidnapped when she was only two years old, but she doesn't remember it. In fact, she doesn't remember her home planet at all. All she knows is Deeyae, the land of two suns, the land of great, red waters. Her foster-family cares for her, and at first that's enough. But, as she grows older, Agapanthus is bothered by the differences between them. As an Exchanger, she's frail and tall, not short and strong. And, even though she was ...

In Listen Francesca tells us the story of May. May is a piano-genius college freshman who dreams of becoming a brilliant composer. In her school's practice rooms she meets Conner, an undeniably unattractive junior, and she is immediately captivated by his raw musicality on the piano. As May tries to navigate college life and fulfill her music dreams, Conner pulls her toward the natural world, toward her own wildness, and, ultimately, toward th...