Migrations by Charlotte Mcconaghy (Flatiron Books, 2020, $15)

Charlotte Mcconaghy’s nautical fiction Migrations, set in an unspecified future where Greenland hosts the world’s last flock of Arctic terns, paints a tough portrait of what may lie

for many species, while others—including most

fish species—struggle to hold on. Franny Stone tags and tracks the fierce

last migration south from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, joining the ragtag crew on the fishing vessel Saghani. As the bluewater adventure tale unfolds, the crew battles raging storms, gruesome injuries and personal ghosts, while seeking fish, the disappearing terns and some small sign of hope for the future.