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New novels booksellers are promoting to teens

Science fiction novels

From China to heaven

Eastern oppression and timeless wisdom

New or recent releases

Selective sets

A multidisc Imagine benefits more from slimming down than does a Kinks edition

Science vs. Darwinism

Challenging the evolutionary establishment

Homecoming

Bad language and depictions of adultery mar an otherwise compelling series

Beautiful Boy

Story of a drug-abusing boy and his relentless father is painful to watch

Oddball

A dog with an untraditional task provides fodder for a traditional family film

Criminal speech

The Crimes of Grindelwald isn’t a good movie, but it fits our thought-policing times