Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a master in the subtle art of not giving a . . . well, you know what. But now that graduation is here, she’s a little less sure. She’s heading to NYU in the fall with a scarlet U (for “undeclared”) written across her chest. Her parents always remind her that Black kids don’t have the luxury of figuring it out as they go—they have to be 110...

"The Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea. One of the only inhabited islands (the one that takes the place of one of the dog's teeth) is dominated by a gently smoking volcano, fringed by black volcanic beaches and under the iron rule of the heads of community who are loath...

En el antiguo balneario de Santa Rita, todo está listo para celebrar el día de Difuntos, pero este año la muerte ronda más cerca que nunca. Un mal sueño, la búsqueda de una tumba abandonada, una calavera que ha cambiado de sitio, la desaparición del líder de una secta, turbios secretos familiares que pugnan por salir a la luz, una soga colgada de un árbol... Estas son las piezas de un puzle fascinante que irán encajando en este edén mediterráneo...