WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDALA FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLERWhen twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed forever. From bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly, winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this novel explores themes of family, friendship, trust, and forgiveness. The First State of Being is for fans of Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me.It's August 1999. For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever--except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his fifteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy named Ridge appears out of nowhere, Michael discovers there is more to life than stockpiling supplies and pining over Gibby.It turns out that Ridge is carefree, confident, and bold, things Michael wishes he could be. Unlike Mi
The second volume on the extraordinary life of Cher as told by Cher herself.After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.In this, the second part of her memoirs, Cher continues the story begun in Volume One, beginning in the 1980s as she reinvented herself as an award-winning Hollywood actress beginning with her Oscar-nominated turn in Silkwood followed by roles in classics Mask, Witches of Eastwick, and ultimately winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in Moonstruck.Reinvention would become a recurring theme for Cher as she navigated her way through Hollywood and the music industry in ways no other celebrity had been able to. At a time when women were unceremoniously kicked out or relegated to lesser roles at 40, Cher donned fishnets and recorded the indelible smash hit "If I Could Turn Back Time" and again at 50 with her record breaking song "Believe" which would go on to
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Now being developed as a television series with Eva Longoria and ABC!"Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing." -- Katie Couric"This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book." -- Arianna Huffington, founder, Huffington Post, and founder & CEO, Thrive Global"Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book." -- Susan Cain, New York Times best-selling author of QuietFrom a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she)One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of&sh
All twelve hilarious chapter books from My Weirder-est School, the fifth arc of New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman’s sensational My Weird School series—now in one big box! More than 36 million copies of the entire My Weird School series have been sold worldwide!From a mad scientist with plans for world domination to the most famous singer and rapper in the world, A.J. and the gang from Ella Mentry School have had some wild and wacky adventures. And now fans can read the entire My Weirder-est School series back-to-back! This paperback box set includes:My Weirder-est School #1: Dr. Snow Has Got to Go! My Weirder-est School #2: Miss Porter Is Out of Order! My Weirder-est School #3: Dr. Floss Is the Boss! My Weirder-est School #4: Miss Blake Is a Flake! My Weirder-est School #5: Mr. Marty Loves a Party! My Weirder-est School #6: Mrs. Bacon Is Fakin’! My Weirder-est School #7: Ms. Jo-Jo Is a Yo-Yo! My Weirder-est School #8: Miss Aker Is a Maker! My Weirder-est School #9: Mr
Follow the antics of Squash and Ginny in the fifth installment of Cat & Cat Adventures from popular webcomic creator Susie Yi! This chapter book graphic novel series from Susie Yi is perfect for fans of Catstronauts, Babymouse, and Catwad.The search is afoot! Squash and Ginny must locate the second orb of the Staff of Knowledge before the Spirit World leaks further into the Human World. Not only that, but their best friends Fern and Lotus are still missing! Thankfully, their wand tracks Fern, Lotus, and the orb to a mysterious mansion, where they're shocked to discover all three are about to be auctioned off. Can Squash and Ginny save their friends and the orb—or will they lose them to the highest bidder . . . forever?
WINNER OF THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA playful, feminist, and utterly original epic—winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize—about a family in northern India and the inimitable octogenarian matriarch at its heart.“A triumph of literature.”—Financial Times“Echoes of James Joyce, Jorge Luis Borges, Isabel Allende and Leo Tolstoy. . . . An enchanting ride.”—BookPage“A breath of fresh air.”—GuardianEighty-year-old Ma slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband. Despite her family’s cajoling, she refuses to leave her bed. Her responsible eldest son and dutiful daughter-in-law attend to her every need, while her favorite grandson, the cheerful and gregarious Sid, tries to lift her spirits with his guitar. But it is only after Sid’s younger brother—Serious Son, a young man pathologically incapable of laughing— brings his grandmother a sparkling golden cane covered with butterflies that things begin to change.With a new lease on life thanks to the magic of the cane
