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\n2026 A Novel Id ea Book Selection:
\nSupersonic charts the rise of a boomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In t he present day\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to re name her daughter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late grandmother&md ash\;a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-generat ional story of struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and over who gets to define the future.
\nThrough interwoven lives&mdash\;an opioid-ad dicted 19th-century conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that w ill fly faster than sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur\, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;Supersonic 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.
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\nAbout the Author:
\nThomas Kohnstamm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same house he grew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children . A freelance writer for over twenty years\, he&rsquo\;s been a Spanish &a mp\; Portuguese translator\, travel writer\, video &\; animation produc er and has covered subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantu m computing to backcountry skiing. Supersonic is his third book.< /p>\n
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