truculent three-year-olds

living in ordinary towns all across the world -- and there's nothing they despise more than children

and Cookie--through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx

bringing our own strengths wherever we roam

Neal Shusterman

The Coin: A Novel Elizabeth Dowsett truculent three-year-oldsA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind The Coins narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is