Spinning out of the pages of “The Joker War” comes the first solo book starring the blockbuster new character Punchline. As she faces the consequences for her role in “The Joker War,” the story of how Alexis Kaye became Punchline will take Leslie Thompkins, Harper Row, and Cullen Row on a harrowing journey that reveals a fringe teenager’s radicalization to the ideology of a madman. It’s a terrifying tale so big it demanded an oversize special issue!

The New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things and What to Say Next delivers a poignant and hopeful novel about resilience and reinvention, first love and lifelong friendship, the legacies of loss, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. "A luminous, lovely story about a girl who builds a future from the ashes of her past." --KATHLEEN GLASGOW, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces Sometimes looking to the past helps you find your future. Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every other teenager, with a few smallish exceptions: her famous alter ego, Baby Hope, is the subject of internet memes, she has asthma, and sometimes people spontaneously burst into tears when they recognize her. Abbi has lived almost her entire life in the shadow of the terrorist attacks of September 11. On that fateful day, she was captured in what became an iconic photograph: in the picture, Abbi (aka "Baby Hope") wears a birthday crown and grasps a red balloon; just behind her, the South Tower of the World Trade Center is collapsing. Now, fifteen years later, Abbi is desperate for anonymity and decides to spend the summer before her seventeenth birthday incognito as a counselor at Knights Day Camp two towns away. She's psyched for eight weeks in the company of four-year-olds, none of whom have ever heard of Baby Hope. Too bad Noah Stern, whose own world was irrevocably shattered on that terrible day, has a similar summer plan. Noah believes his meeting Baby Hope is fate. Abbi is sure it's a disaster. Soon, though, the two team up to ask difficult questions about the history behind the Baby Hope photo. But is either of them ready to hear the answers?

The art of brevity has been lost to the information age. Jesus Christ knew this art. He communicated powerful ideas with few words and lasting results. Many of His one sentence answers have kept people talking for 2000 years. This volume is a compilation of ideas, principles and biblical truths stated in memorable ways that will let you communicate big ideas with a simple punch line. --

The second volume of the new hit series from Bill Williams and Matthew Weldon! New superteen Versema is tested by a hero called Atomic Butterfly, a villain called Rosevera Archyle, and an ex-minion in this collection of standalone stories. Along the way, she flies to the edge of space and steals an intimate moment with the Black Arrow.

Fun, Solvable Crosswords with a Cartoon Twist! Renowned New York Times crossword creator and illustrator Patrick Merrell has taken ordinary crosswords to a whole new level. Already famous for his Times puzzles--which stretch, twist, and outright shatter the rules of "ordinary" crosswords--Merrell has taken his extraordinary skills in both drawing and puzzlemaking and combined them in Punchline Puzzles. Each puzzle contains a cartoon at its center--a cartoon whose punchline is hidden within the grid. Solve the puzzle, get the joke: it's as simple as that. Plus each grid is full of bonus theme-related entries and extra cartoons to discover and enjoy! · 50 easy, fun crosswords · Introduction by Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times · Top-quality puzzles featuring cartoon conundrums!

Amelia Landry is a natural at writing scenes for her screenplay characters, but lately it seems her own life is unraveling in real time. She can barely afford the rent on her L.A. apartment, her boyfriend has become a permanent fixture on the couch, and her work in progress is stuck in editing limbo. The latest blow—the death of her grandmother—calls her back to her midwest home, where an heirloom typewriter hints at a secret life. Amelia returns to California, where she feels doomed to play a bit role in a second-rate script—but then she meets Sebastian, a quirky but sweet actor whose emotions are all over the map. He's the kind of character Amelia has always dreamed of writing, but she isn't sure how he fits into her life. Meanwhile, she can't stop wondering if there's more to her grandmother's story than meets the eye. Will emerging clues lead Amelia to a dead end . . . or will they inspire her to write the future she's always wanted?