30 Must-Read Summer Books You Need in Your Beach Bag

In Chiara Barzini's new novel, Things That Happened Before the Earthquake, an Italian teenager is dragged out of the world she knows and dropped in the center of LA in the '90s – a city plagued by riots, crime, and the disparity of the wealthy suburbs. What follows is a voyage of epic proportions, dealing not only with the well-known struggles of being an American teen but also of survival.

Out Aug. 15