A provocative love story between a tough Kansas woman on a crooked path to redemption and her unlikeliest of champions, from the New York Times bestselling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. Recommended if you like: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk comes the story of four kids who form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Recommended if you like: Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead A story about finding inner courage, embracing differences, and celebrating an LGBTQ family from the award-winning author of A Different Pond, a Caldecott Honor book. Recommended if you like: I Am Enough by Grace Byers. For fans of Before We Were Yours and Where the Crawdads Sing, a magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the New York Times bestselling author of Ordinary Grace. Recommended if you like: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline September Midwest Connections picks The Reckless Oath We Made Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers My Footprints This Tender Land