Crown Publishing Group

A NovelMadison, Wisconsin: In the summer of 2001, five college juniors wake up with . . . not just a hangover, but superpowers. . . .Jack Robinson: Grew up on a farm, works in a chem lab, and brews his own beer. Age: 19. Superpower: SPEED.Caroline Bloom: Has a flair for fashion design and a mother whos completely out of touch. Works as a waitress...

A NovelSuspenseful and cinematic, Bittersweet exposes the gothic underbelly ofan idyllic world of privilege and an outsider's hunger to belong.On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate,thebeautiful, wild, blue-blooded Genevra Winslow.Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at...

An enchanting and staggeringly original debut novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, rebellious nine-year-old who also happens to be an aspiring jazz singer. Still mourning the recent death of her mother, and caring for her grief-stricken father, she doesn't realize that...

From Muriel Spark, the grande dame of literary satire, comes this swift, deliciously witty tale of writerly ambition that recalls her beloved The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.College Sunrise is a somewhat louche and vaguely disreputable finishing school located, for now, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Rowland Mahler and his wife, Nina, run the school as a...

A NovelAn unforgettable and unpredictable debut novel of guilt, punishment, and the stories we tell ourselves to surviveNoa P. Singleton never spoke a word in her own defense throughout a brief trial that ended with a jury finding her guilty of first-degree murder. Ten years later, having accepted her fate, she sits on death row in a...

A NovelThis mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism, is a moving tale of family and the power of stories.After their mother's probable suicide, sisters Olivia and Jazz take steps to move on with their lives. Jazz, logical and forward-thinking, decides to get a new job, but spirited, strong-willed Oliviawho can...