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Coming-of-Age

Sticky Rice and Second Chances

When Eddy discovers that his beloved Youth Dragon Boat team may be disbanded because they cannot afford to continue, he refuses to accept defeat. With his friends, his determined grandmother, and a mountain of homemade sticky rice, Eddy launches a small community fundraiser that quickly becomes much bigger than expected. But when bad weather, disappointing results, and a painful argument threaten to break the team apart, Eddy learns that saving something you love isn’t about being the hero—it is about trusting others, admitting when you’re wrong, and pulling together when the current gets rough. In the end, the team discovers that second chances are strongest when an entire community helps you paddle toward them.

A Spark in the Scrap

In the dusty Scrap Heap, fourteen-year-old Elara has always believed that broken things deserve another chance, but she never expects one tiny electrical spark to lead her beneath the city into a forgotten power network. When she discovers that the network is failing and the entire community could lose its fragile supply of electricity, Elara, her loyal friend Tavi, and their unlikely rival Senn must race against time to repair it. Along the way, Elara uncovers a connection to her missing father and learns that the greatest machine isn’t powered by a single brilliant inventor—it works when an entire community chooses to connect, cooperate, and share its strength.