The following is an excerpt fromDolls! Dolls!, which isnow available for purchase. Then the houselights dimmed, and the projector whirred. Credit: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage; Penguin Knowing murmurs ripple through the crowd. So far, so good. But then something goes terribly wrong. Penguin The sound begins to boom and echo weirdly around the hall. Quiet titters build into raucous laughter that ricochets around the auditorium. Up go the house lights. Golly, Mr. Wizard....

Imagine Me marks the end of Tahereh Mafi’s dystopian epic. Here’s a preview of where things are headed. The following is an excerpt fromImagine Me, the sixth and final book inTahereh Mafi’s best-sellingShatter Meseries. Tahereh Mafi: Imagine Me.Credit: Harper Collins The novel publishes March 31, and isavailable for pre-order. ** Hey, I call out. Im still sprinting after Warner and, in a move that surprises absolutely no one, he doesnt wait....

The book is set in the world of the CBS All Access series and introduces some key characters. The book is availablefor purchasenow. The knowledge that nothing that he did now with his days mattered in the slightest. James Dimmock/CBS One more outcast, cast adrift. Prospero, on his island. An old conjurer, his magic spent, nursing old grievances. Pocket Books Here, now; this was the moment when everything changed. It was nothing that anyone noticed at the time....

(Yes, there are plans for a movie Fox 2000 already nabbed the film rights.) The excerpt is from the perspective of Zelie as she sails into the ocean arena. The horn sounds and I jump overboard, crashing into the warm sea with rushing speed. Credit: Macmillan Children’s As I hit, our ship shakes. The first cannons fire. Vibrations shudder through the water, rippling through my core. Spirits of the dead chill the space around me; fresh kills from todays games....

Read an excerpt of the forthcoming book below, and add it to your fall antiracist reading list. Pretty Mississippi: A Troubled Brothers Soliloquy Where and When:Ruleville, Mississippi. Out back at the Little home. Credit: Little, brown and company Roly, years later, a grown man, is seated in a rocking chair. Hes just finished reading a newspaper. Folds the tattered sheets, sets them in his lap. His tone is weary. When Mississippis ma and pa named their baby, they called her Magnolia....

He follows her, closing the door behind him. Down a few steps in the kitchen, his mother Lorraine is peeling off a pair of rubber gloves. They come back separately. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal as Marianne and Connell.Enda Bowe/Hulu Then she starts unclipping her hair. Marianne did pretty good too. And then we’ll be off. Marianne says.She’s hold out the jar of chocolate spread. In school he and Marianne affect not to know each other....

How to describePlain Bad Heroines? The excerpt below reveals more details about the macabre private school deaths. Maybe you think you already know this story because of the movie made of it. Credit: William Morrow Not so, but youll discover that soon enough. For now, let me acquaint you withVespulamaculifrons: the eastern yellow jacket. If youre imagining some do-gooder honeybee humming about the pastel pages of a childrens book, dont....

The following is an excerpt fromPetbyAkwaeke Emezi(Freshwater), a YA exploration of identity and justice. ** Jam leaned forward to look at the painting. There were raked gouges in it, next to delicate veined imprints, next to pieces of Bitters palm. Credit: Beowulf Sheehan; Random House Children’s Books Jam pointed at it and looked at her mother. Bitter held her chin, thoughtful. Im not sure, you know. The thing just coming out the way it want so....

Luke Skywalker will once again be taking center stage in theStar Warssaga whenThe Last Jedihits theaters on Dec. 15. “Most people have not met Luke. They don’t know what he’s really like. Credit: Disney Lucasfilm Press He’s a symbol for many people, even as he was this hero going on his own journey. When she was finally done, a wave of riotous shouts broke out. “Oh, come on! That’s ridiculous!”...

The following is an excerpt fromThe Shadow of Kyoshiby F.C. Yee with help fromMichael Dante DiMartino. When we last saw Kyoshi, she had officially accepted the mantle of Avatar. Check it out below.The Shadow of Kyoshipublishes July 21, and isavailable for pre-order now. Chapter 1: Unfinished Business Kyoshis neck itched terribly. It served her right for being so sloppy. Speaking of which, shed taken a risk by not incapacitating the boy like shed done his elders....

Pop culture is obsessed with missing girls. We worry over them, we absorb their narratives, we let their mysteries dominate our dinner conversation. But rarely do we follow through with the nearly-always-tragic result. The aftermath isn’t quite as titillating as the disappearance. That’s whereSaint Xcomes in. First, they tell themselves not to panic. Their daughter must have simply gone off somewhere on the resort grounds. It is a large property and there are any number of places she could be....

Picture this: A yacht. It sounds like, well, an impossible dream at this point. Below, read an excerpt from the engrossing first chapter before the book hits shelves on June 30. Credit: Grand Central Publishing How liberating to be able to move about the world so easily, without the inconveniences of mass transportation. Yeah, I could get used to that. I’m reminded of when I was first introduced to caviar at a swanky dinner party many years ago....

AlthoughSupernaturalhasyet to finish filmingits final season, theend is still in sight. EW has two exclusive excerpts from the book, out May 5. Below, check out parts of the entries by series starsJared PadaleckiandJensen Ackles. Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Smart Pop Jensen Ackles What will I miss about playing Dean? Ill miss his badassery. As a functioning person in society, you dont really get to do the things that Dean does....