Browsing: Coming of Age

Waking up in Vegas was never meant to be like this.Evelyn Thomas’s plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las…

A stunning New York Times bestseller that “does important work” (Alice Walker). Experience plantation life in the antebellum South through two unique voices in a novel that “grabs the reader and demands to be devoured” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). More than 56,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

An NPR Best Book of 2013: In an alternate Victorian world, an inquisitive young woman risks everything to become the foremost authority on dragons… A thrilling fantasy that’s “saturated with the joy and urgency of discovery and scientific curiosity” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

A New York Times bestseller adapted into an Academy Award–nominated film: In 1950s Ireland, a young woman sets sail for Brooklyn — and begins a moving journey of self-discovery, grief, and love. A “triumph… One of those magically quiet novels that sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA Today).