Laura Pohl
1) The last 8
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After an alien attack devastates the Earth, pilot and future astronaut Clover Martinez bands with seven other teens in a struggle to survive.
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Friends Ella, Yuki, and Rory return to the elite Swiss Alps school they attend grieving the recent death of their best friend Ariane by drowning. While officials have ruled the death an accident or suicide, Ella, Yuki, and Rory don't agree. Joining with their new roommate, Nani, the foursome begins to investigate what happened and learn some disturbing truths: Ariane wasn't the first student to die at the school and the deaths seemed to be tied to...
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Every fairy tale hides a curse. And at Grimrose Académie, four girls are rewriting theirs—or dying trying.
Within the ivy-draped walls of Grimrose, the truth is more terrifying than fiction: girls are dying, and the stories shaping their fates are darker than anyone imagined. Nani, Yuki, Ella, and Rory thought uncovering the source of the curse would save them—but knowing the story is only the beginning. Escaping it
...4) The first 7
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Clover Martinez and the Last Teenagers on Earth are exploring the galaxy after leaving Earth behind, even if they are homesick. When their ship receives a distress signal from their former home, they arrive to find strange crystal formations are taking over Earth's soil and threatening to destroy the planet. They discover a colony of survivors in the mountains, but relief gives way to panic as the teenagers realize these survivors aren't who they...
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"In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Pride and Prejudice is launched into outer space, Frankenstein is plunged into the depths of the ocean, and The Great Gatsby floats to an island off the coast of Costa Rica. A shape-shifter gives up her life to save the boy she loves from an evil bruja. La Ciguapa covets a little mermaid's heart of gold. Two star-crossed teens fall in love while the planet burns around them. Whether...
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Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from...