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"It's been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind-find the mythic research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper, hid before he was incarcerated. There, Sasha is confronted with a group of squatters. The friends soon become her newfound family, offering security and hope. But just as she settles into her new life, Sasha witnesses the impossible. She sees a honeybee,...

In this new chapter book series featuring the mermaids of Mermaids Rock, Marina has just moved to Mermaids Rock and is thrilled to make friends right away. She and her friends soon face a mystery when the coral caves nearby are damaged. But who--or what--could have caused the destruction? Marina is new in Mermaids Rock. She has traveled the world with her scientist dad, and she can't wait to settle down and make friends! She meets some mermaids who...

In this new chapter book series featuring the mermaids of Mermaids Rock, when Coralie finds a mysterious treasure map in a kelp forest, she and her friends can't wait to explore. But the forest has been destroyed! They'll have to do everything they can to save the forest creatures before it's too late.... Coralie is overjoyed when she visits a beautiful kelp forest with her pet dolphin, Dash. She meets adorable sea lions and otters, and she even finds...

"In Atlanta, Kenny Bomar is a biochemist-turned-coffee-shop-owner in denial about his divorce and grieving his stillborn daughter. Chemicals killed their child, leaching from a type of plant the government is hiding in Black neighborhoods. Kenny's coping mechanisms are likewise chemical and becoming more baroque--from daily injections of lethal snake venom to manufacturing designer drugs. As his grief turns corrosive, it taints every person he touches....

"Nature Ninja and two nature loving friends on a mission to inspire kids to get outside to connect with nature and save the planet!" -- publisher.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JODIE COMER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, AND WRITTEN BY ALICE BIRCH (NORMAL PEOPLE) "Engrossing, compelling." - Naomi Alderman, author of The Power "I was moved, terrified, uplifted – sometimes all three at once." - Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring Publishing in the US to a wave of critical acclaim and nominations for two major literary prizes, Megan Hunter's internationally...

In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to a colorful cast of characters, including a brazen young activist who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.

"From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving take on contemporary American life in the glare of climate change"-- Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like "jewelry, living jewelry" to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young "Burmie" she buys from a local pet store, she inadvertently...

"East-coast novelist Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood with simple goals in mind: overseeing the production of a film adaptation of one of his books, preventing starlet Cassidy Carter's disruptive behavior from derailing said production, and turning this last-ditch effort at career resuscitation into the sort of success that will dazzle his wife and daughter back home. But California is not as he imagined: drought, wildfire, and corporate corruption...

"An anthology of short stories about the North American wilderness"-- A dazzling collection of short stories about North American outdoor life—both classic and contemporary—from James Fenimore Cooper and Jack London to Margaret Atwood and Anthony Doerr and many more. The North American landscape, in its rich and rugged variety, has inspired an equally wide and deep range of fiction over the past centuries. Diana Fuss has gathered a rich collection...