The Task Of This TranslatorStylistically daring, morally perplexing, and outrageously funny, Todd Hasak Lowy's The Task of This Translator marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary talent. In these seven stories, Hasak Lowy captures the absurdity that often arises when very personal crises intersect with global issues such as ethnic violence, obesity, and the media. A journalist sets out to write an investigative piece on a dieting company that uses bodyguards to protect

but also where it’s impossible to protect her heart

But recent political developments—including the passage of the Patriot Act—have shined a spotlight on profound acts of censorship in our own backyard

entertaining young readers for decades

winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal

she becomes determined to find out more about her story

In this thrilling account

Human society evolves

a schoolteacher

hidden in the quiet rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains

The complete GODDESS TEST saga—THE GODDESS TEST

swirling accumulation of plastic pollution in the North Pacific—a phenomenon first identified and named by the author

two successful New York City journalists