Fresh out of high
school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her
fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine
beach town of Oar’s Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she’s
totally freaking out about how her life will change when her two best
friends go to college in the fall. And when a reckless kiss causes all
three of them to break up, she may lose them a lot sooner. On top of
that, her ex-girlfriend is back in town, bringing with her a slew of
memories, both good and bad.
And
then there’s Levi Keller, the cute artist who’s spending all his free
time at the coffee shop where she works. Levi’s from out of town, and
even though Babe knows better than to fall for a tourist who will leave
when summer ends, she can’t stop herself from wanting to know him. Can
Babe keep her distance, or will she break the one rule she’s always had -
to never fall for a summer boy?
A young adult fiction
anthology of 15 stories featuring contemporary, historical, and
futuristic stories featuring witchy heroines who are diverse in race,
class, sexuality, religion, geography, and era.
Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
Glinda
the Good Witch. Elphaba the Wicked Witch. Willow. Sabrina. Gemma Doyle.
The Mayfair Witches. Ursula the Sea Witch. Morgan le Fey. The three
weird sisters from Macbeth.
History tells us women accused
of witchcraft were often outsiders: educated, independent, unmarried,
unwilling to fall in line with traditional societal expectations.
Bold. Powerful. Rebellious.
A
bruja’s traditional love spell has unexpected results. A witch’s
healing hands begin to take life instead of giving it when she ignores
her attraction to a fellow witch. In a terrifying future, women are
captured by a cabal of men crying witchcraft and the one true witch
among them must fight to free them all. In a desolate past, three
orphaned sisters prophesize for a murderous king. Somewhere in the
present, a teen girl just wants to kiss a boy without causing a
hurricane.
From good witches to bad witches, to witches who are a
bit of both, this is an anthology of diverse witchy tales from a
collection of diverse, feminist authors. The collective strength of
women working together—magically or mundanely--has long frightened
society, to the point that women’s rights are challenged, legislated
against, and denied all over the world. Toil & Trouble delves
deep into the truly diverse mythology of witchcraft from many cultures
and feminist points of view, to create modern and unique tales of
witchery that have yet to be explored.
Sadie hasn't had an
easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie
in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and
keep their heads above water.
But when Mattie is found dead,
Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police
investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to
justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.
When
West McCray—a radio personality working on a segment about small,
forgotten towns in America—overhears Sadie's story at a local gas
station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts
his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what
happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.
The Dead must stay buried.
Karthia
is nothing like it used to be. The kingdom's borders are open for the
first time in nearly three hundred years, and raising the dead has been
outlawed. Odessa is determined to explore the world beyond Karthia's
waters, hoping to heal a heart broken in more ways than she can count.
But with Meredy joining the ocean voyage, vanquishing her sorrow will be
a difficult task.
Despite the daily reminder of the history they
share, Odessa and Meredy are fascinated when their journey takes them
to a land where the Dead rule the night and dragons roam the streets.
Odessa can't help being mesmerized by the new magic--and by the girl at
her side. But just as she and Meredy are beginning to explore the new
world, a terrifying development in Karthia summons them home at once.
Growing
political unrest on top of threats from foreign invaders means Odessa
and Meredy are thrust back into the lives they tried to leave behind
while specters from their past haunt their tenuous relationship.
Gathering a force big enough to ward off enemies seems impossible, until
one of Queen Valoria's mages creates a weapon that could make them
invincible. As danger continues to mount inside the palace, Odessa fears
that without the Dead, even the greatest invention won't be enough to
save their fates.
In this enthralling, heartrending sequel to
Reign of the Fallen, Odessa faces the fight of her life as the
boundaries between the Dead and the living are challenged in a way more
gruesome than ever before.
