Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe author-Marika McCoola Reynolds that asks: What happens

Reynolds that asks: What happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse under outrageously silly circumstances

a condition of eye misalignment

Lena finds solace in her art

A Sudanese teen growing up in civil war and famine

it's not long before she uncovers the town's dark history—a string of unsolved murders and disappearances in the 90s

Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe author-Marika McCoola Reynolds that asks: What happens2026 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Finalist *Signed Bookplates* A geeky overachiever determined to save the world through science and a troublemaking chosen one lashing out against her destiny meet and fall in love in a magical coffeeshop as their two very different universes begin to collide in this fun, sapphic, cozy fantasy YA romance. When Brendas internet goes out right before an important scholarship deadline, she stumbles right into