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VillagePeople recommends some fantasticfiction to ease youthrough thesummersun.

StayStayStay AwakeAwakeAwak By MeganGoldin(9 Aug) LivReese wakesupinthe back of ataxiwithnoideawhere she is or howshe gotthere.When she’sdroppedoff at herdoor, astranger answers–astranger whonow livesinher apartment andforces herout inthecold. Shereaches forher phone to call forhelp, only to discover it’smissing,andinits placeisa bloodstainedknife.That’swhen shesees that herhands are coveredinblack pen,scribbled messageslikegraffiti on her skin:STAY AWAKE. TheFinal Gambit By JenniferLynnBarnes (30 Aug) To inherit billions,allAvery KylieGrambs has todo issurvive afew more weekslivingin Hawthorne House.The paparazzi aredogging hereverystep. Financial pressuresare building. Danger is afactoflife. Yetasthe clockticks down to themoment when Averywillbecomethe richest teenageron theplanet, troublearrivesintheformofa visitor whoneedsher help.

Love ontheBrain ByAli Hazelwood(23Aug) Fromthe NewYorkTimes bestselling authorof The LoveHypothesis comesa new STEMinistrom-cominwhich a scientist is forced to work on a projectwithher nemesis— withexplosive results.Sure, Leviisattractiveina tall,dark, and piercing-eyeskindofway. ButLevimade hisfeelings towardBee very clearin grad school—archenemies work best employedintheir owngalaxies far,far away.