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Magic never dies - it's inherited. Eighteen-year-old Meena Song wants a normal life with a normal job and normal friends. Well, that ain't happening. Turns out magic is not only real but passed down through ancient lineages. Reality slams Meena right in the face as she is whisked away to an enchanted academy to discover who she truly is.

Americans are understandably squeamish about official racial and ethnic classifications. Nevertheless, applying for a job, mortgage, university, citizenship, government contracts, and more involves checking a box stating whether one is Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, or Native American. In an increasingly diverse society with high rates of intergroup marriage, the American system of racial classification is getting even more absurd. Classified argues that the time has come to consider abolishing official racial classification and replace it with the separation of race and state.

Woke Antisemitism is a firsthand account from a top Jewish leader about how woke ideology shuts down discourse, corrupts Jewish values, and spawns a virulent new strain of antisemitism.

Life is an aging process. Each of us will go through it in our own way. How we lead our lives when we are old, particularly as we near the end, is, I believe, worth pondering. In this way, I've Got Some Good News and Some Bad News: You're Old serves as a guide for all of us as we age, providing topics for contemplation and discussion with friends, family and colleagues.

Continue Meena's incredible journey as she returns to Broken Wand Academy after crossing over to the Academy of Shifters to help Remi.

Secrets Come Into the LightMeena digs deeper into the academy and the world of witches, and magic. Can she stay sane in a place so incredibly insane? Continue the amazing magical adventure that you won't be able to put down.

Witch Island used to be feared. Even the bravest would not dare go there. Legend said a witch had been burned alive at the stake, and upon her death she cursed the town. Terrified residents performed rituals to keep her spirit trapped on the island where she was buried.

Continue Meena's incredible journey as she returns to Broken Wand Academy after crossing over to the Academy of Shifters to help Remi.

Meena digs deeper into the academy and the world of witches and magic. Can she stay sane in a place so incredibly insane? Continue the amazing magical adventure that you won't be able to pause.

Together alone: Meena and Rahm have crossed into a world that is unrecognizable. What comes next is so dangerous that it could break them both.

Eighteen-year-old Meena Song wants a normal life with a normal job and normal friends. Well, that ain't happening. An unbelievable secret is revealed in the worst possible place - a public bathroom. Yup, gross, but still not the strangest thing she'll see today. Who gets invited to a magical academy if you have zero magical ability?

Meena's life is at risk with each day she attends Broken Wand Academy, but leaving could be far more dangerous. Who can she really trust? Continue the incredible magical adventure that you won't be able to pause.

Before I was born, the rising oceans consumed the last land on Earth. All I’ve ever known is a fight for survival. But the Syndicate wants to change this, genetically adapting children to fit this harsh new world — no matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process. When little, I was ripped from my home to take part in the Syndicate's cruel experiments. But I broke free. Now, at the age of 17, I'm hunted for my unique ability to thrive beneath the ocean's depths, but also because I rescue others held captive by the Syndicate.

Will Sela and Jack make things right? Or, will Nerissa's vengeance destroy them both? Continue Sela and Jack's epic story on the Terran Sea.

Seventeen-year-old Kaylin has been on the run, hiding her untapped abilities for six years, but rescuing a mysterious guy risks exposing the depths of her power. The manipulative sector groups hunt her kind. Life has never been easy, but resisting is even harder. This harsh, new world will no longer allow her to remain hidden.

How will Meena and Rahm survive and return home to their family? An old friend comes back... Remi.

In a world divided by hate, one misfit may hold the key to unity. Exiled from her home for powers she can't control, Raylyse seeks refuge among the outcasts of the lawless Splinters. As a hybrid of the compassionate Affinities and power-hungry Legacies, she's never belonged anywhere. Until now. But when a threat emerges that could destroy everything she holds dear, Raylyse must embark on a perilous mission into the heart of enemy territory. Armed with her unique abilities and a band of unlikely allies, she'll brave the horrors of a world torn apart to protect the ones she loves. Secrets ...

Ready Player One meets The Hunger Games In a dystopian future, Morrow Adams strives to escape his corporate-controlled existence on Earth. Logging into the hyper-real VR game called The Binding, he plays it to break from the limitations of his real life. But the real-world implications of the game can lead to something greater... or something much worse. Few have crossed the elusive Binding in the game, but if you do, real-life opportunity awaits—physical passage to a new world. But the same corporation that Morrow tries to escape from on Earth also controls the virtual game world—a ...

Where will you stand at humanity's end? The corporate abuse of youth who have the special ability to manipulate reality is at its apex. A revolution to regain society has emerged and 16-year-old Leeyah is thrust in the middle of the war against the corporate-controlled police. Will a growing ability put her life at risk? Immerse yourself in the universe of the Influence series with this origin novella. Discover the beginning of the Influence phenomenon.

After falling into a time portal during a Little League baseball game in Trinity, New York, 11-year-old Andy finds himself transported to a ghostly version of his hometown - 101 years in the future. Twisted metal, rotten wood, and garbage litter the seemingly empty streets, but Andy will soon discover that the city is controlled by CORT robots...and that this reality is Earth’s possible future. When 13-year-old Zack receives a strange letter that guides him through the portal, he and his brother are reunited.