Julian Ng

Get ready to fall hard for a collection that turns your favorite romance tropes completely upside down. Fifteen bestselling and award winning authors join forces to reimagine the classic stories you love, bringing fresh perspectives and unforgettable characters to the page. Whether you are obsessed with fake relationships, enemies turning into lovers, complex love triangles, or missed connections, this anthology has something perfectly tailored for your romantic heart. You will experience love finding a way through the most unexpected circumstances. Imagine navigating a blossoming romance while dealing with powerful flora, or watching the sparks fly between a superhero and his ultimate nemesis. The adventures take you everywhere from a fantastical sled race across snow capped mountains to a high stakes golf tournament, a disastrous ride share mix up, and even the literal end of the world. This genre bending collection sweeps you off your feet with original, diverse voices that celebrate the many messy, beautiful ways people connect. Dive into these uniquely crafted short stories and let yourself get lost in the unpredictable, swoon worthy journeys of characters who prove that true romance rarely follows a predictable script.

Meet a trailblazer who inspired generations of girls to change the world. Sara Josephine Baker was a strong and adventurous girl growing up in New York during the late 1800s. After losing her brother and father to typhoid fever, she became fiercely determined to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. In her day, medical schools were closed to women, but times were changing and she was at the forefront. Even after graduating in 1898, Dr. Jo faced deep prejudice and an empty waiting room. Instead of giving up, she accepted a public health job in Hell's Kitchen, one of New York's poorest neighborhoods. There, she treated the most vulnerable patients by ensuring babies had fresh air, safe environments, and proper food. Discover how her compassion and ingenuity made her famous for saving thousands of children.

Remy Cameron is the kind of guy everyone thinks they understand: charming, confident, out and proud, and easy to like. The only person struggling to define Remy Cameron is Remy himself. When a school essay asks him to explain who he is, Remy starts looking past the labels other people use for him and into the parts of himself that feel more complicated. Adopted, Black, gay, popular, unsure, loyal, funny, searching: none of the words are wrong, but none of them are the whole truth either. Warm, thoughtful, and sharply contemporary, this coming-of-age novel follows one teen as he learns that identity is not a checklist to complete. It is a story still being written.

Feathers bounce, snakes wriggle, monkeys jiggle, and elephants stomp along to the beat. Doing the Animal Bop is built for readers who cannot sit still for long. This lively rhyming picture book invites you to move like a parade of noisy animals. You can waddle, slither, jump, stomp, and laugh your way through each page as the rhythm keeps pushing the fun forward. Bright, playful, and full of action, it works especially well for read-aloud time, classroom movement breaks, or any child who likes stories with sound, rhythm, and a lot of cheerful silliness.

What does joy look like to you? Maybe it is picking out the absolute perfect outfit for your first day of school. Maybe it is flying down the sidewalk on your skateboard like nobody is watching, or finding your voice and your rhymes when times get tough. It could even be saving the entire universe in an epic intergalactic race! Discover all these moments and more in a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems that celebrate the incredible power of happiness and the everyday wonders of growing up. Brought to you by seventeen acclaimed authors, this uplifting book is packed with heavy doses of happiness, humor, and heart. Whether you are exploring new worlds, navigating friendships, or just figuring out who you are, these stories will make you smile, laugh, and feel completely unstoppable. Jump into a celebration of boyhood that proves joy is always within your reach.

Step into a dynamic collection of stories that completely redefines what it means to be a geek. In this multi-genre anthology, some of today's most celebrated Black authors bring you into worlds where imagination knows no bounds. You will meet a girl who searches the skies for UFOs, a boy who might have finally stumbled upon his Prince Charming, an aspiring performer dreaming of the lead role in her school musical, and a misunderstood magician grappling with powers she cannot fully control. Whether you are drawn to contemporary romance, historical fiction, sweeping fantasy, or mind-bending sci-fi, these eclectic tales offer something for every kind of reader. Each story centers exclusively on Black characters, celebrating the many facets of Blackness and geekiness in both our real world and beautifully imagined universes. It is a life-affirming journey that challenges old stereotypes and invites you to embrace exactly who you are. Discover the magic, the awkwardness, and the undeniable coolness of being a geek.

Give in to an irresistible collection of paranormal romance where the only force more powerful than the supernatural is love itself. This spellbinding anthology invites you to explore romance in its many beautiful and monstrous forms, featuring vampires, merpeople, angels, demons, and creatures of legend. Follow a girl in a graveyard as she embarks on an unexpected date, watch as a shipwrecked sailor makes a forbidden connection on an isolated island, and listen as a haunting piano melody summons a soul mate across the boundary of life and death. Each tale transports you to a world where romance defies the rules of nature, blending dark fantasy with deep emotional stakes. Written by a phenomenal lineup of beloved authors, these stories span centuries, crossing land and sea to deliver unforgettable tales of life after life. Once you sink into these pages, the magic and romance will never let you go.