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TESTIMONY FROM YOUR Serik, is set to become the her BF on the outside, Layla Emma Saylor is caught newest, all-immersive
PERFECT GIRL next leader in their family leads a revolution against between two worlds: home virtual reality platform—and
BY KAUI HART HEMMINGS of eagle trainers. Since injustice and becomes a and North Lake. At home, she’s determined to come
G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS only men are supposed to beacon for freedom. where she was raised by her out victorious. Why? The
BFYR, $18 fly them, it goes against single father, she’s Emma. winner will meet Wave’s
When Annie Tripp’s father all tradition for Aisulu to SOME PLACES MORE Then she spends a summer founder, who just so hap-
with her late mother’s
train an eagle. But with her
is accused of scamming brother ill and her parents THAN OTHERS family on North Lake and pens to be the last person
investors, the well-to-do out in search of a cure, BY RENÉE WATSON suddenly she’s Saylor, her to see Opal’s father alive.
teen is forced to leave her Aisulu has no choice but to BLOOMSBURY KIDS, $17 mother’s nickname for her.
lavish NYC life and move upend tradition. Amara desperately wants to While Emma’s busy piecing THE NEW GIRL CODE
upstate to live a quiet exis- tag along on her dad’s trip together her mom’s story, BY NIKI SMIT
tence with her estranged INTERNMENT to Harlem so she can expe- she reconnects with her INSPIRINGFIFTY, $14
relatives. Things outside of BY SAMIRA AHMED rience something outside childhood best friend, Roo, Charlie loves fashion—and
the city are, well, different, LITTLE, BROWN AND CO. of suburban Oregon—so she and realizes she’s writing a just about anything that
but Annie eventually finds BFYR, $18 does. Once there, she stum- story of her very own. has to do with computers.
friends, a crush and, of bles upon years-old family So she develops her own
course, plenty of well-kept Layla and her family are disagreements and disap- GIRL GONE VIRAL styling-made-easy app, The
forced into internment
family secrets. pointment. But there’s an BY ARVIN AHMADI
camps for Muslim American Fashionist. Much to her
citizens after the president upside: Amara gets to spend VIKING BFYR, $18 surprise, her creation takes
STAND ON THE SKY declares Muslims are a life-changing time with a Master coder Opal Hopper off and, soon enough, she
BY ERIN BOW threat “during times of war.” fam she’s never known. is elated to enroll in the becomes her high school’s
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN But Layla refuses to give elite, Silicon Valley-esque newest It girl. What Charlie
HARCOURT BFYR, $17 in to the rhetoric that has THE REST OF THE STORY Palo Alto Academy. There, doesn’t anticipate? All the
In their Kazakh nomad com- caused this surreal situation BY SARAH DESSEN she becomes involved in a drama that comes along
munity, Aisulu’s brother, to play out. With help from BALZER + BRAY, $20 contest on Wave, the with the coveted title.

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