THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER CARRY ON Simon Snow is back and he's coming to America! The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place. With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter. Come on, Simon Snow. Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun.

#1 New York Times bestselling author! Booklist Editors’ Choice 2015 - Youth! Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer! Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here -- it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up. Carry On is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.

Daniel Whitson has a good life - a best friend, good parents and a starting spot on the baseball team. True, the team wasn't very good, but that's not the point. Then, on the night of the spring fling, he goes out with his friends only to witness a murder that shouldn't be possible and wondering if Gideon, the guy he likes, could somehow be responsible. What happens next is a journey filled with angels, demons and more than a little magic. From desperate battles to just trying to find a nice guy, it's all here. A wild ride with angels and demons, magic and love - and the redemption of the Wayward Son.

What if the CIA didn't destroy NICAP? What if it started it? In 1956 a Washington, D.C. flying saucer club inspired the launch of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. The founders quickly assembled impressive boards consisting of community leaders and career intelligence officers. Over the next 13 years NICAP mounted a public relations campaign that amassed some 14,000 members. It pushed for and obtained Congressional hearings resulting in an Air Force-sponsored scientific UFO study. Why did key personnel leave the Committee over the next year, and was it related to a former CIA officer on the Board of Governors? Did the CIA destroy the organization, or is the NICAP story more complex than that? From the very outset, NICAP was shrouded in cloak and dagger mystery. Its initial director quickly resigned. A Frenchman with apparent CIA ties served as an organizer. There were three treasurers in as many months. A NICAP incorporator who ran a consulting firm with an intriguing cast of associates proposed inordinate service fees. What was going on? Join author Jack Brewer as he cites a trail of FOIA documents, NICAP files, letters from archived special collections, newspaper clippings and more to explore the circumstances. What we learn not only sheds light on NICAP origins and activity, but also offers potential insight into more recent events in the UFO subculture.

A stand-alone dark fantasy tale from the world of Every Heart a Doorway: what happened to Jack and Jill before they tumbled into Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children?

New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell's epic fantasy, the Simon Snow trilogy, concludes with Any Way the Wind Blows. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. Now, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha must decide how to move forward. For Simon, that means choosing whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages — and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough. Any Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. This book is a finale. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest. The Simon Snow Trilogy was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories; Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings—about catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.