The five-member Cassidy-Shaw family is on their way to eldest son Charlie’s last high school lacrosse tournament when their AI-assisted minivan becomes involved in a fatal car accident with another vehicle. Both fatalities are in the other vehicle, but the Cassidy-Shaws are far from unscathed. The accident prompts one big question: who is responsible? Charlie was technically in the driver’s seat, but the AI system was in control, theoretically. Charlie’s father Noah, a corporate lawyer, was sitting up front with him, but he was busy […]

10 second pitch: What if Liane Moriarty wrote the Varsity Blues scandal, but for middle school? I swallowed this book whole, staying up until an inadvisable time in the evening (on a school night!) to read it in one gulp. It was so good, right up until it wasn’t. Rose, Samantha, Azra, and Lauren have been friends since they met in an infant swim class when their babies were babies. They’re by turns supportive and competitive, little power struggles creating fault lines in their friendships. […]