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‘A dazzling debut by an exciting and essential new talent’ George Saunders, Man Booker Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo For Sol and Liz, competition is everything. On the road or in the lab, it’s all on the line. As a young professional cyclist in the Tour de France and a...

In the high-pressure world of professional sports, Becca is determined to make her own way. So, when she's sent to a spring training camp to work as a trainer with her local baseball team, she decides to hide her family's connection to the sports world. No one needs to know her brother is the world's best quarterback. Chase Turner is a veteran catcher set to make history with a new and lucrative contract. All he has to do is get through spring training without anyone realizing he is playing in pain.

As one of the first women to referee in the NFL, Charleigh has a lot of pressure on her shoulders and a lot of eyes watching her. But no one is watching Charleigh harder than the head coach of Atlanta's football team. Levi Peyton has made a name for himself, becoming the youngest coach in the NFL to win a Super Bowl. His achievements didn't come without a price, and the last thing Levi needs is a rookie referee standing in front of him on the sideline.

"We Ride Upon Sticks . . . is for the kind of adults who watch Stranger Things and still have, somewhere, an athletic award inscribed on a paper plate." —NPR ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR TIME BOOK RIOT LITHUB KIRKUS REVIEWS Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a...

“Exceptional...fast and smart, funny and sad, this is an outstanding sports novel, and Joe Mungo Reed is an author to watch” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Sol and Liz are a couple on the cusp. He’s a professional cyclist in the Tour de France, a workhorse, but not yet a star. She’s a...

After a chance encounter, three people soon find out that life can sometimes thrust us into the public eye - even when taking great measures to avoid it.