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The Awakening of Malcolm X Ilyasah Shabazz, Tiffany D. Jackson Macmillan Audio Historical Fiction In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days unsure of his future. Available January 5 5 Discs 13012890 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Bunny Call Scott Cawthon Scholastic Horror A pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night. 5 Discs 13647401 $34.99 The Good Girls Claire Eliza Bartlett Harper Collins Publishers Social Themes After the shocking murder of senior Emma Baines, three of her classmates are at the top of the suspect list. Available December 1 10 Discs 13405136 $44.99 Simultaneous Release The Ballad of Ami Miles Kristy Dallas Alley Dreamscape Media, LLC LGBTQ+ Ami Miles leaves the only sanctuary she’s ever known and journeys into chaos to find her long-lost mother, and herself, in this dystopian young adult debut. Available December 1 7 Discs 13235623 $31.99

Simultaneous Release Game Changer Neal Shusterman Harper Collins Publishers Fantasy A story about the limited ways we see our world—and how a jolt out of the ordinary can upend the universe. Available February 9 7 Discs 13408515 $39.99 Simultaneous Release

Concrete Rose Angie Thomas Harper Collins Publishers Social Themes If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. Available January 12 8 Discs 13477377 $27.99 Simultaneous Release

A searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.

Muse Brittany Cavallaro Harper Collins Publishers Sci-Fi The last thing that Claire has ever wanted is to be someone else’s muse, but she finally has a choice: Will she quietly remake her world from the shadows—or bring it down in flames? Available February 2 8 Discs 13408604 $44.99 Simultaneous Release We Free the Stars Hafsah Faizal Macmillan Audio Romance Zafira and Nasir return to a ghostly Sultan’s Keep, low on resources and allies alike. As Nasir fights to command the dark power in his blood, Zafira fights against a very different darkness. Available January 19 10 Discs 12633210 $61.99 Simultaneous Release

Tweens will love these fun adventures! The Final Gambit Christopher Healy Harper Collins Publishers Action The thrilling conclusion to Christopher Healy’s funny, actionpacked, acclaimed alt-history adventure! Available December 1 8 Discs 13405076 $44.99 Replacements Available

Follow Me K. R. Alexander Scholastic Horror A new house brings new horrors and new ghosts in this spine tingler from K.R. Alexander. Available December 1 3 Discs 13647397 $24.99 Replacements Available Harper Collins Publishers Replacements Available Cathedral of Bones A. J. Steiger Harper Collins Publishers Fantasy Fourteen-yearold Simon, with mediocre magical powers, and Alice, a young girl transformed into a monster, work together to discover a cure to her enchantment and uncover secrets of their pasts. Available February 16 10 Discs 13408709 $44.99 Replacements Available

The Hat Full of Secrets Karl Newson Brilliance Audio, Inc. Family Themes Henry’s got a secret, a big one! And he doesn’t know what to do with it. Grandpa suggests he should keep it under his hat, and he’s got just the hat for the job. But when Henry puts it on, he discovers that Grandpa has some secrets of his own! Available December 29

The Last Bear Hannah Gold Animals There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that’s what April’s father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost. Available February 2 7 Discs 13408483 $39.99 1 Disc 13595138 $24.99

A touching story of kindness, adventure, and forging your own path. The Memory Thief Jodi Lynn Anderson Simon & Schuster Audio Fantasy A new trilogy about the thirteen witches who are responsible for all the evil in the world—and the girl who sets out to defeat them. Available February 9 6 Discs 13479154 $49.99 Replacements Available

Red, White, and Whole Rajani LaRocca Harper Collins Publishers Poetry A heartbreakingly hopeful #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian-American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia. Available February 2 7 Discs 13408491 $39.99 Replacements Available The Beast and the Bethany Jack Meggitt-Phillips Simon & Schuster Audio Fairy Tales Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautiful for 511 years. Available December 8 3 Discs 13424810 $29.99 Replacements Available

Living the Confidence Code Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, JillEllyn Riley Harper Collins Publishers Non-Fiction A collection of 30 true stories of real girls pursuing their passions, struggling, and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own special brand of confidence. Available February 23 6 Discs 12471058 $29.99 Replacements Available

One Jar of Magic Corey Ann Haydu Harper Collins Publishers Family Themes A hopeful and empowering tale set in an enchanting world of magic and mysterious family secrets. Available February 9 9 Discs 13408678 $44.99 Replacements Available

Stick Dog Takes Out Sushi Tom Watson Harper Collins Publishers Humor When Stick Dog and his crew unknowingly discover chopsticks, their taste buds lead them to a lakeside sushi restaurant. They see the sushi. They smell the sushi. But how are they going to get the sushi? Available February 9 7 Discs 13477369 $21.99 Replacements Available

New audiobooks bound to be buzzworthy. All Stirred Up Brianne Moore Dreamscape Media, LLC Romance In this contemporary romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Susan Napier returns to Scotland to save her family’s flagship restaurant, and finds ghosts of her past. 8 Discs 13441058 $47.99 Replacements Available A Crooked Tree Una Mannion Harper Collins Publishers General A fractured American family deals with the fallout of one summer evening gone terribly wrong. Available January 5 9 Discs 13405945 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available Eartheater Dolores Reyes Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction A powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people. 4 Discs 13404937 $25.99 Replacements Available The Orchard David Hopen Harper Collins Publishers General Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultraOrthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals. When his family announces that they are moving to Miami, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention. 14 Discs 13405299 $55.99 Replacements Available The Butterfly Effect Rachel Mans McKenny Dreamscape Media, LLC Women’s Fiction A Man Called Ove meets The Rosie Project in this heartwarming tale about a grumpy introvert and her datadriven approach to people and relationships. Available December 8 7 Discs 13587846 $47.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available The Deadly Hours C. S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, Christine Trent Dreamscape Media, LLC Historical A stellar lineup of historical-mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold watch as it passes through time, wreaking havoc from one owner to another. 9 Discs 13441083 $47.99 Replacements Available Crosshairs Catherine Hernandez Simon & Schuster Audio Dystopian Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, a government-sanctioned regime seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. Available December 8 7 Discs 13347898 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available The Rib King Ladee Hubbard Harper Collins Publishers African-American Interest An unsparing examination of America’s fascination with Black iconography and exploitation that redefines stereotypes in literature. Available January 19 9 Discs 13405965 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available The Midnight Library Matt Haig NY Times Bestseller Brilliance Audio, Inc. Fantasy Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. 7 Discs 13555386 $39.99

Replacements Available The Divines Ellie Eaton Harper Collins Publishers Women’s Fiction A compulsively readable literary debut set in a secluded boarding school, exploring the intoxicating, destructive relationships between teenage girls. Available January 19 9 Discs 13405828 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available

Meet Me in Bombay Jenny Ashcroft Macmillan Audio Romance United by love. Separated by war. Will they find their way back to each other? Find out in Jenny Ashcroft’s historical romance. Available January 19 12 Discs 13337099 $52.99

Simultaneous Release Replacements Available What Could Be Saved Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Simon & Schuster Audio Women’s Fiction An unforgettable novel about a family shattered by loss and betrayal, and the beauty that can exist even in the midst of brokenness. Available January 12 13 Discs 13551116 $55.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available