Cory McCarthy

B.E.S.T. World

1 - Ace Takes Flight (Nov-2021)
2 - Under Pressure (Nov-2022)

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  Postscript
  

  • Feb-2026
  • / General Fiction
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  From Stonewall Honoree Cory McCarthy, a heartbreaking, joyful, read-it-in-one-sitting YA novel about the last of us.“I’m not sure the how-pocalypse changes anything. I don’t think about it; this is hard enough.”    This is a de...

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  Some Assembly Required
  

  • Nov-2023
  • / Fantasy
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  Join the boxmates of Liliput in this thrilling conclusion to Cory McCarthy's inclusive B.E.S.T World trilogy as the friends make startling discoveries both about themselves and the near-future world they live in.When the boxmates' final adventure tak...

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  Under Pressure
  

  • Nov-2022
  • / Fantasy
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  B.E.S.T. World - 2
  

  In the second book of this inclusive near-future adventure trilogy, the kids from box #242 take a deep dive into a secret underwater world in hopes of finding their missing best friend and saving another from a life-altering bionic augmentation.Told ...

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  Man o' War
  

  • Jun-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimmer fighting to keep their head above water in a landlocked Midwestern town. River McIntyre has grown up down the street from Sea Planet, an infamous ...

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  Ace Takes Flight
  

  • Nov-2021
  • / Fantasy
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  B.E.S.T. World - 1
  

  Welcome to 2048. Every graduate of the B.E.S.T. Program can receive a bionic enhancement as a rite of passage in this inclusive tween series. For Ace Wells, it is just the beginning of his epic augmentation journey in book one of this ...

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