A young lawyer of shifting identities is presented with a transformative case in Judith McCormack’s devastating, poetic novel "The Singing Forest". Even before WWII began in earnest, Belarusian citizens disappeared into the Minsk... Read More
"Get WalletWise" is a practical text that is aimed at helping people develop financial literacy—and avoid easy options that have long-term consequences. Ken Remsen proffers tips for developing one’s financial skills, even after... Read More
"The Field Agent" is a suspenseful thriller in which unusual teenagers are tasked with accomplishing improbable feats. In R. S. Twells’s captivating young adult thriller "The Field Agent", grief prompts a tech-savvy teenager to... Read More
"The Antidote" is an informative adventure story in which a boy faces a moral quandary after learning about his incredible inherited gift. In Susan McCormick’s thrilling novel "The Antidote", a boy descended from a line of doctors... Read More
The Chicago transit system is the nexus of two seemingly unconnected murders in Tiffany Cates’s unsettling, satisfying novel M-Theory. Donovan rides the train every day, taking note of the different people whom he sees on a regular... Read More
In the chilling murder mystery "The Will to Die", grifters lurk at the edges of a tight-knit community, threatening its peace. Corporate greed and racist proclivities direct Joe Pulizzi’s small-town murder mystery "The Will to Die".... Read More
"Origin of the Follower and His New Actions" is a bombastic character study of a drug-busting superhero. Axel Tressler is the Follower in John Durbin Husher’s "Origin of the Follower and His New Actions", and he destroys several... Read More
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves and slept around. Whether those not-so-small peccadilloes take away from their role in forming this country is a matter of debate. But the larger point is that no one escapes this life... Read More