'political fiction'

In 1964, Anchorage, Alaska was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history. After the disaster, the people switched on their radios, hearing Genie Chance with her tireless broadcasts over the next three days.

This book has the candid and vulnerable stories of forty fathers who opened up about both their own fathers and their deeply personal parenting experiences.

Maggie’s father’s book about the ghostly happenings in an old Victorian house that caused them to flee in the dead of night twenty-five years ago is a worldwide phenomenon. Maggie doesn’t remember or believe any of it though because ghosts, after all, don’t exist.

Jivan, a Muslim girl from the slums, is accused of a terrorist attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, an opportunistic gym teacher, finds his own ascent linked toJivan’s fall. And Lovely, an irresistible outcast, has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything.

Set at the iconic 1939 New York World’s Fair, gorgeous Vivi—the star of the Aquacade synchronized swimming spectacular—and plucky Max—journalist for the fair’s daily paper—become friends only to find their personal and professional prospects put in jeopardy.

In the real world, after Bill Clinton proposes several times, Hillary Rodham eventually accepts. But in this powerfully imagined fictional tale, Hillary takes a different road and blazes her own trail..

If only everything in life had been as easy as Rod Carew made hitting in baseball look. In this book, Carew reflects on the highlights and challenges he’s overcome in his career and life—from racism, to the death of his daughter, to the heart transplant that saved his life.

Lowry looks back at history and draws on her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan, as well as from historical research, in this stunning work in verse of the lives lost in Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima.