Palko discovers a hidden treasure, but not what you would expect. It is like a map that can share with you the secret of life and how to get to the Sunshine country.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flower its sweetness garlands made for pretty girls i imagine her yasmeen bright & alive & i ache to have been born her instead Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.

"The Three Comrades" is a 1936 novel by the German author Erich Maria Remarque. The novel is written in first person by the main character Robert Lohkamp. The protagonist reflects a somewhat disillusioned outlook on life due to his horrifying experiences in the trenches of the First World War's French-German front – the typical problem of the post-Great War Society.

Author of Reese's Book Club YA Pick The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron, delivers an emotionally gripping and utterly immersive thriller, perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys's Salt to the Sea. In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird, and it is something that neither should ever be allowed to possess. But Eva hasn't come to America for secrets or power. She hasn't even come for a new life. She has come to America for one thing: justice. And the Nazi that has escaped its net. Critically acclaimed author of The Light in Hidden Places Sharon Cameron weaves a taut and affecting thriller ripe with intrigue and romance in this alternately chilling and poignant portrait of the personal betrayals, terrifying injustices, and deadly secrets that seethe beneath the surface in the aftermath of World War II.

Noreen's first memories are of life on a farm in Kiltartan, County Galway, where her love affair with words and stories began. Neighbours, friends and relations are brought vividly to life in these pages and we see how the things she experienced and the people she met have moulded her. A past, which has all but disappeared, is relived in her keen observations and her tales will stir one's own memories of early childhood.Noreen, from an early age, knew that she wanted to travel, to live in different cultures and to form lasting bonds with the places and people she encountered. Having no set plan, instead she relied on her own intuition. This led her to teaching in Africa as a volunteer, then to living and working in France (using a language that she had been told she would never master), on to India, where she was to meet her husband, and finally to Switzerland. Throughout her life, those lessons learned in childhood have sustained her.