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Mia Macarooney, an ordinary eight-year-old, finds out she has superpowers and is invited to the Program for In-Training Superheroes. She must learn to control her powers while keeping her new identity a secret. The series is designed for emerging readers and features illustrations by Leeza Hernandez.

In *Grace*, Cody Keenan recounts a tumultuous ten-day period in June 2015, marked by the Charleston shooting, Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, and President Obama's historic eulogy where he sang 'Amazing Grace'. The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Obama White House, highlighting the craft of speechwriting and the challenges of leadership during crisis.

The Devil Takes You Home is a vivid, if unbalanced, supernatural thriller that explores the U.S. –Mexico borderlands. The story follows Mario, a father desperate to pay for his daughter's cancer treatments, who becomes involved in a series of violent and supernatural events. As Mario navigates this dark world, he faces both human and supernatural horrors in a quest for redemption.

Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create algorithms that drive users to extreme opinions and actions. The book explores how the companies' founding tenets and focus on maximizing engagement have led to a destabilized world, marked by increasing social and political polarization, misinformation, and violence. Fisher also highlights the stories of heroic outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors who raised alarms about these issues.

In 'Dopamine Nation,' Dr. Anna Lembke delves into the scientific discoveries that explain why overindulgence in high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli leads to pain. The book combines personal narratives from her clinical practice with the latest psychology research to illustrate how to find contentment and connectedness by keeping dopamine in check. Lembke discusses the impact of modern addictions, such as those related to smartphones, food, and other behaviors, and provides strategies for managing consumption and transforming lives. The book emphasizes the importance of balancing the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.

In 'The Candy House,' Jennifer Egan presents a series of interconnected stories that follow the lives of multiple characters over several decades. The novel centers around Bix Bouton's technology, 'Own Your Unconscious,' which enables people to upload and share their memories. This technology has profound effects on society, creating 'counters' who exploit desires and 'eluders' who resist the allure of this digital collective consciousness. The book is characterized by its diverse narrative styles, including omniscient narration, first-person plural, epistolary chapters, and even a chapter composed of tweets. Egan's work is a moving testament to human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing digital world.