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The enduring queer feminist engagement with Valley of the Dollsauthor Jacqueline Susann’s camp comedy legacy. Catalyzed by her notoriously "dirty," fabulously successful bestseller Valley of the Dolls, the "Jackie Susann Sixties" brimmed with camp comedy that now permeates contemporary celebrations of the author, from Pee-wee's Playhouseto RuPaul's Drag Race and Lee Daniels's Star.First christened "camp" by Gloria Steinem in an excoriating review of Valley of the Dolls and compounded by the publishing juggernauts The Love Machine(1969), Once Is Not Enough(1973), and Dolores(1976), the comedy of Jackie Susann illuminated conflicting positions about gender, sexuality, and aesthetic value. Th...
Kesia and her older sister Miren have kept secret that Kesia's a talented Fire Singer. When Kesia is kidnapped, she must summon her courage and use her magic in new and dangerous ways. Meanwhile, Miren will do anything to get her sister back, including teaming up with Kesia's seemingly inept beau.
Andi has finally achieved her dream: to serve as crew on a colonization vessel bound for a new planet. As part of the ship’s skeleton crew, it’s her job to keep the passengers safe in cryosleep for the long hyperspace journey. Despite her unusual sensitivity to hyperdrives and the presence of her longstanding rival/ crush, Andi is ready to prove herself—and perhaps be the first to discover extraterrestrial life. But the journey itself soon takes a dangerous turn as Andi’s wish becomes a nightmare. Perhaps the aliens that Andi’s been hoping to meet are much closer than she realizes. Perhaps they always have been.
Viona is furious. With an important auction ruined by the very creatures they’re meant to capture, the Bouvard family reputation is in shambles. If Natalie is to stop the worst from happening, she’ll need to win the trust of the very creatures she has been hunting all these years. Meanwhile, Mei June is alone. No XDs, no texts from Dante, and no way forward. Is Dante truly gone? Or is there still a thread of hope?
Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle meets Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name in this story about a girl who must save the boy she loves from a fate that has already happened. Soon-to-be high school graduate Dante is special. He can rewind time and sense impending rips in the universe, and he uses his powers to help the extra-dimensional creatures (XDs) that fall from these rips before they’re caught by the notorious Bouvard family. But two months later, Dante is dead. Mei June mourns him as she braces herself for a summer of working in her family’s shop before heading to college. She should be busy with her father’s impossible standards, a mentally ailing grandmother, and a future to prepare for… But it’s hard to move on when your dead boyfriend keeps texting you. With no answers and only a vague understanding of Dante’s duties, Mei June tries to find a way to help the XDs—and maybe save Dante. Split in two narratives told two months apart, THREADS FROM THE FUTURE is a time-bending story of love, loss, and the dangerous power of hope.
Naomi and her daughter, Kyla, have spent their lives on the move, avoiding the Madera bots that have taken over the country and decimated civilization. Naomi once fought to protect people, but now she fights only for her daughter. But when Naomi’s past comes back to haunt her, she’ll have to decide whether to return to the fight she left, or protect her daughter from the most dangerous thing one can find: hope.
A conflicted sniper. A terrified daughter. A distraught test subject. An impossible mission. Naomi is now the Stormrazors’ last hope. With their base running on fumes, she must lead the freedom fighters in their toughest mission yet: taking an AI-controlled US military base. But forces are closing in from all sides. The base is more dangerous than they realize. The Blazers, intent on revenge, have tracked them down. And one person in their own ranks might be banking on their failure. Forces collide in this action-packed season finale of MADERA STEEL.
Naomi is a normal teen of the twenty-second century. She has school, friends, family drama, and a future of stressful possibilities. Though out of all those possible futures, she hadn’t anticipated the apocalypse. But when bots begin slaughtering people in the streets, Naomi and her best friend must flee the city and ditch their phones. With no supplies, no training, and no clue what’s going on, Naomi will have to find the strength of will to survive—and perhaps the courage to fight. A prequel to All Roads.