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2026 A Novel Idea Book Selection:
\nSupersonic \;charts the rise of a boomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In th e present day\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to ren ame her daughter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late grandmother&mda sh\;a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-generati onal story of struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and over who gets t o define the future.
\nThrough interwoven lives&mdash\;an opioid-add icted 19th-century conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that wi ll fly faster than sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur\, a nd a family haunted by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;Supersonic&n bsp\;reveals how each era tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet . At once intimate and panoramic\, the story channels the restless energy that propels the West.
\nAbout the Author:
\nThomas Kohnstamm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the sam e house he grew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children. A freelan ce writer for over twenty years\, he&rsquo\;s been a Spanish &\; Portug uese translator\, travel writer\, video &\; animation producer and has covered subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing to backcountry skiing. \;Supersonic \;is his third book.
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