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The Inheritance Games

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Don't miss this New York Times bestselling "impossible to put down" (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets--perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (10th Anniversary Edition)

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (10th Anniversary Edition)

Ally Carter
Step into Cammie Morgan's world of intrigue in the first book of the beloved New York Times bestselling Gallagher Girls series

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school -- that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies.

Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist" -- but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?

Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's on her most dangerous mission -- falling in love.
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Democracy for Dinosaurs

Democracy for Dinosaurs

Laurie Krasny Brown
From the bestselling, trusted team behind the Dino Tales: Life Guides for Families series comes this introductory guide that encourages young readers to become engaged citizens of the world.

This essential, kid-friendly nonfiction guide isn't just for families looking to share genuinely patriotic values during an election year -- it's for everyone. Using accessible dinosaur characters and clear language, Democracy for Dinosaurs explores key civic values on every adult's mind and helps show young readers how the things they do every single day can be guided by principles we must share in a democratic society: freedom, fairness, the rule of law, equality, respect for free speech, and respect for the truth. By modeling accessible ways to practice being a good citizen, children will understand they are part of their country and that they have an important role to play.

Other Dino Tales: Life Guides for Families
How to Be a Friend
Dinosaurs Divorce
When Dinosaurs Die
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The Beast of Bites

The Beast of Bites

Coyote Peterson
Animal Planet star and Emmy Award-winning host of YouTube's Brave Wilderness Coyote Peterson is back, and this time he's being BITTEN by some of Earth's wildest beasts in this full-color adventure, perfect for fans of The King of Sting and all animal enthusiasts.

In The Beast of Bites, Coyote chronicles his most memorable--and painful--bites from his wildest animal encounters seen on the Brave Wilderness YouTube channel. Coyote faces everything from snapping turtle chomps to the horrific, venomous grasp of a giant desert centipede. Featuring photographic stills from episodes, original full-color illustrations, and packed with facts about nature's most misunderstood creatures, this is a dream book for any kid that loves animals, the great outdoors, and daringly dangerous adventures!
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Bestselling author Eliot Schrefer and YouTube phenomenon Coyote Peterson will read from their new books, interview one another, take audience questions, play animal trivia, and more! This event takes place at 4pm EST.

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The Popper Penguin Rescue

The Popper Penguin Rescue

Eliot Schrefer
From two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer comes an original penguin-tastic adventure inspired by the beloved classic Mr. Popper's Penguins.

It's been years and years since the Popper family lived in Stillwater, but the town is still riding high on its former penguin residents. Across the river, in Hillport, residents try to re-create the magic with penguin carnival rides and penguin petting zoos, pretending they're the Popper originals. As the years have gone by, fewer and fewer people have come, and the small attractions shuttered.

Nina and Joe Popper have just moved to Hillport with their mother. There's a lot to do: unpacking, scrubbing the floors, investigating the basement -- wait, what's this? Two penguin eggs are tucked snugly near the furnace!

It's up to Nina and Joe to find their newly hatched penguin chicks a home. Setting off on the adventure of a lifetime, they endure perilous storms, a long journey to the Arctic, and of course, penguins. Lots and lots of Popper penguins!
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Bestselling author Eliot Schrefer and YouTube phenomenon Coyote Peterson will read from their new books, interview one another, take audience questions, play animal trivia, and more! This event takes place at 4pm EST.

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Loretta Little Looks Back

Loretta Little Looks Back

Andrea Davis Pinkney
From a bestselling and award-winning husband and wife team comes an innovative, beautifully illustrated novel that delivers a front-row seat to the groundbreaking moments in history that led to African Americans earning the right to vote.

"Right here, I'm sharing the honest-to-goodness." -- Loretta

"I'm gon' reach back, and tell how it all went. I'm gon' speak on it. My way." -- Roly

"I got more nerve than a bad tooth. But there's nothing bad about being bold." -- Aggie B.

Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories -- beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 -- come together to create one unforgettable journey.

Through an evocative mix of fictional first-person narratives, spoken-word poems, folk myths, gospel rhythms and blues influences, Loretta Little Looks Back weaves an immersive tapestry that illuminates the dignity of sharecroppers in the rural South. Inspired by storytelling's oral tradition, stirring vignettes are presented in a series of theatrical monologues that paint a gripping, multidimensional portrait of America's struggle for civil rights as seen through the eyes of the children who lived it. The novel's unique format invites us to walk in their shoes. Each encounters an unexpected mystical gift, passed down from one family member to the next, that ignites their experience what it means to reach for freedom.
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Virtual Event with Politics and Prose Bookstore

Celebrate the release of LORETTA LITTLE LOOKS BACK with acclaimed duo Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney in conversation with author Jason Reynolds (Stamped; All American Boys). This event takes place at 7pm EST.

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Black Brother, Black Brother

Black Brother, Black Brother

Jewell Parker Rhodes
From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in which they are forced to navigate the world, all while training for a fencing competition.

Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best.

Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey.

When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King" Alan, he's suspended from school and arrested.

Terrified, searching for a place where he belongs, Donte joins a local youth center and meets former Olympic fencer Arden Jones. With Arden's help, he begins training as a competitive fencer, setting his sights on taking down the fencing team captain, no matter what.

As Donte hones his fencing skills and grows closer to achieving his goal, he learns the fight for justice is far from over. Now Donte must confront his bullies, racism, and the corrupt systems of power that led to his arrest.

Powerful and emotionally gripping, Black Brother, Black Brother is a careful examination of the school-to-prison pipeline and follows one boy's fight against racism and his empowering path to finding his voice.
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Mother-daughter duo Jewell Parker Rhodes (author of Black Brother, Black Brother) and Kelly McWilliams (author of Agnes at the End of the World) discuss their new novels. This event takes place at 2pm PST/5pm EST.

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Agnes at the End of the World

Agnes at the End of the World

Kelly McWilliams
The Handmaid's Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the world Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse.


Agnes loves her home of Red Creek -- its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town's strict laws. What she doesn't know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet.

Then Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, and begins to question what is and isn't a sin. Her younger brother, Ezekiel, will die without the insulin she barters for once a month, even though medicine is considered outlawed. Is she a sinner for saving him? Is her sister, Beth, a sinner for dreaming of the world beyond Red Creek?

As the Prophet grows more dangerous, Agnes realizes she must escape with Ezekiel and leave everyone else, including Beth, behind. But it isn't safe Outside, either: A viral pandemic is burning through the population at a terrifying rate. As Agnes ventures forth, a mysterious connection grows between her and the Virus. But in a world where faith, miracles, and cruelty have long been indistinguishable, will Agnes be able to choose between saving her family and saving the world?
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Virtual Event with Powell's

Mother-daughter duo Jewell Parker Rhodes (author of Black Brother, Black Brother) and Kelly McWilliams (author of Agnes at the End of the World) discuss their new novels. This event takes place at 2pm PST/5pm EST.

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NOVL WFH AMA

NOVL WFH AMA - every Tuesday 11:00 AM EST starting 03/17/20

Our regular “Ask Me Anything” hosted on Instagram Stories by NOVL community manager Savannah between 11:00 AM and noon. Note: you have to scroll all the way to the end of the highlight reel hyperlinked above to get to this week’s WFH edition.

LBYR Draws

LBYR Draws - every Wednesday 1:00 PM EST starting 03/25/20

Each week we'll showcase an artist who will teach fans how to draw their characters.

 

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Spill the NOVL Tea

NOVL QuaranTea - every other Friday starting 03/27/20

This special edition of our biweekly “NOVL Tea” YA talk show hosted through Instagram features two staff members discussing topics related to current events.

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Dinner and a Movie (and a Book!)

Dinner and a Movie (and a Book!) – every Friday 6:00 PM EST starting 03/27/20

We'll be live-tweeting books-made-into-movies every Friday night from our @TheNovl (for YA) and @LittleBrownYR (for middle grade) accounts.

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2020 NOVL Couchfest

2020 NOVL Couchfest - 04/20/20–04/24/20

A virtual YA book festival hosted through NOVL and including daily author participation, ARC giveaways, sweepstakes, videos, and “NOVL Jr.” (that is, middle grade) ARC giveaways. We'll also feature an educator night and educator programming hosted by @LBSchool.

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