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[ad_1] I hitchhiked over twenty thousand miles as a teenager, mostly in the United States, some in Yugoslavia before the war and in Turkey. Despite this, I have always struggled to write about “the road.”  I find that something in the process of writing about it, violates the experience itself. There is the metaphorical road, a … Read more

[ad_1] Humanity has settled space and left Earth to its destruction. Connor and Ines have traveled back to Earth on a preservation project to find the human “jacks” that sacrificed their bodies to prop up the United States’s failing infrastructure. But the jacks hold a secret, one Connor would rather keep hidden than risk the … Read more

[ad_1] Spooky season may not be for a little while yet, but we here at Penguin Teen are all about the summer spooks. So if you’re looking for the next read that’s going to have you either buying a nightlight or bidding sleep adieu altogether, read on! ????   The Companion by Katie Alender  Simply put: THIS FAMILY … Read more

[ad_1] There is a feeling you get when you buy a book that is quite unlike any other. You’ve just spent minutes or hours searching through the aisles of a bookshop, or maybe even a whole day like some of us. You’ve weighed the pros and cons of one book over another, you’ve read synopsis … Read more

[ad_1] There’s something about Earth’s wild places that I find endlessly intriguing. Maybe it’s the extreme isolation. Or it could be the challenge of surviving in an environment that is by definition inhospitable. Whatever the reason, I’m obsessed with wilderness thrillers. Give me a treacherous mountain, a raging river, a face-off with wild animals, or … Read more

[ad_1] Poetry has a way of bringing people together. When we connect with words on a page, we feel seen. When other people connect with those same words, we feel that we’re not alone. It’s a really remarkable thing to experience and to watch. I would argue that maybe more than any other form of … Read more

[ad_1] As a girl, Maggie dreamed of joining the Sisters, a group of women who enjoy the status and attention afforded by their beautiful wings. Now, years later, she has wings of her own. But an encounter in the woods forces her to reckon with her past—and the painful price her wings demanded. Content warning … Read more

[ad_1] As tropical storms rain down and heat waves keep coming, we hope you can take a break from the chaotic August weather to sit down with a book or two. Our favorites this month are as eclectic as ever, encompassing biographies, like that of Civil Rights leader Representative John Lewis; memoirs, like Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s … Read more

[ad_1] It’s been said before, but let’s say it again: books connect us. During a year of anxiety, stress, and grief, books have provided an outlet and escape that’s unattainable anywhere else. They introduce us to new people, they take us to new places, they teach us about the world, and most importantly, they bring … Read more

[ad_1] Melanie Benjamin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, Alice I Have Been, and most recently, Mistress of the Ritz, which is an amazing historical fiction novel set during World War II in Paris. Mistress of the Ritz is based on the story of the extraordinary … Read more