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A Song for the Earth by Shannon Jade
Synopsis: A Song for the Earth is a lyrical novel in verse written by an environmental scientist and designed to offer a hopeful perspective on the climate crisis. The wide, wild world is made of wonder, but as climate change reinvents the landscape, rich ecosystems are under threat. On a journey through Earth’s major biomes,…
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Kill Billionaire by Anders Lustgarten
Synopsis: Perhaps one reason not enough people kill billionaires is it’s actually quite tricky… An electrifying, ultra-contemporary heist, a wild and hilarious story that is also dangerously prescient. When her home is destroyed in wildfires, fourteen-year-old Australian outback genius Kayla Connolly decides to hunt down the culprits of climate change: billionaires. She teams up with…
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Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd
Synopsis: Dolores Chimes, the famous medium, arrives in Gore-on-Sea and crowds clamour to join her séances. Even the surly Detective Inspector Rideout succumbs to the promise of messages from the afterlife. It seems Nora is alone in being uninterested in the opportunity; three decades in a convent tends to purge any curiosity in the supernatural.…
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If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop
Synopsis: Meet the alien species that put the humanity into human beingsDiscover the fate of Slefonia III once warp travel became obsoleteVisit the Mind Library to commune with the dead Kim Choyeop became an instant literary sensation in Korea with her debut short story collection. Each of these bitesize speculative masterpieces represents a journey into…
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Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst
Synopsis: Marin is a supply runner with her own boat that she sails from island to island, delivering whatever anyone will pay her to deliver: letters, flour, even the occasional enchanted lemur. It’s a lonely life, but it’s hers, and she wouldn’t trade the freedom of the sea for anything. Her only companion is a…
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Hum by Helen Phillips
Synopsis: In a city addled by climate change and populated by intelligent robots called “hums,” May loses her job to artificial intelligence. In a desperate bid to resolve her family’s debt and secure their future for another few months, she becomes a guinea pig in an experiment that alters her face so it cannot be…
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