Melissa Westemeier

Cry Havoc opens with a teenaged girl arriving at a private school in decline, she’s enrolled herself to escape a terrible situation back home. Rebecca Wait creates MAJOR atmosphere to dial up the tension in this remote countryside setting where the teachers still insist on running drills just in case Russia nukes them. And the new teacher’s a man. Plus, there’s the usual teenage girl drama and an actual school play. Then a mysterious illness begins ravaging the girls. Basica

Author of a range of historical fiction, Lauren Small’s curiosity comes from her thirst to understand how we got to where we are today. Her stories focus on the experiences of everyday people living through enormous events and she explores the roots of discontent, migration, and hope in her new novel Radegonde and the First Crusade . In a sweeping adventure that’s part road trip and part coming of age story, a girl from rural France joins the First Crusade with her brother an