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Company: Stories
Graywolf Pr

Company: Stories

Shannon Sanders

A debut collection that follows the Collins family and their circle across decades and cities, tracing work, secrets, celebrations, and the lives they build.

Ghosts of El Grullo
UNM Press

Ghosts of El Grullo

Patricia Santana

A novel in which a young woman returning to her family’s Mexican hometown confronts memory, family rupture, and identity.

Boom Boom
Swift Press

Boom Boom

Jude Idada

After losing his mother to sickle cell disease, Osaik must find a way to help his little sister, who faces the same illness. The children's novel combines grief, medical awareness, family loyalty, and hope through a direct and accessible story.

The Big Fellow
Glagoslav Publications B.V.

The Big Fellow

Anastasiia Marsiz, Andrew Sheppard, Michael Pursglove

This powerfully-written first novel from Ukrainian author Anastasiia Marsiz is set in and around Cupra Marittima, a small seaside town on Italy's Adriatic coast. So closely is the area described, the reader could find their way around without difficulty. They might easily go there expecting to find the Chalet Martina, a seafront restaurant opening onto the beach. To enter the restaurant is to step into the territory of fiction, but in Marsiz's expert hands the boundary is crossed unconsciously. At the Chalet, we meet Martina Marino, her husband Adriano, their two sons and two daughters - about each of whom there is a story to be lovingly told. Even before our first encounter with Martina, we have met Ernesto Bruno and his grandmother, Cecilia. Ernesto, Italian but with a Gambian father, was orphaned at birth. A naïve eighteen-year-old when we first meet him, he is to become the Big Fellow of the book's title as he simultaneously becomes a champion boxer and seeks to uncover the truth of how both his parents died within a short time of each other. He is big in spirit too, providing aid and support for several of those around him when they run into difficulties of their own - and for the unforgettable "Dog," an abandoned stray when she first wanders into his life. The novel also has its villains ... and a surprising - even shocking - denouement.

The Collectors: Stories: (Printz Medal Winner)
Dutton Books for Young Readers

The Collectors: Stories: (Printz Medal Winner)

A.S. King, M. T. Anderson, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, Jenny Torres Sanchez

Using collecting as its guiding idea, this short-story anthology brings together ten YA writers in different forms and voices. It foregrounds weirdness and experimentation while binding together ideas of possession, memory, identity, and the frictions between people.

Holly
Scribner

Holly

Stephen King

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid.