Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae World War II Historical Fiction Patrice makes a fateful trip

Patrice makes a fateful trip to Minnesota that introduces her to unexpected forms of exploitation and violence

But when things go horribly wrong

especially tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy

Kira knows she should stop being so stubborn

He buys his sister a cape and discusses his brother with a jaded Duolingo bot

Smash or Pass by Birdie Schae World War II Historical Fiction Patrice makes a fateful tripFor 16 year old Ellie, beach volleyball camp is a disaster until she's paired with Sierra, an athletic prodigy who teaches her that volleyball and love are about taking the right shot in this sporty sapphic romance. Ellie dates the Right Guy, says all the Right Things, and acts the Right Way to avoid being ridiculed for her autism. When that Right Guy unceremoniously dumps her right before they're supposed to go to beach volleyball camp together,