By narrating the tale in the first person, an evocative and powerful writing choice, Bommersbach brings her real-life subject to life. An ambitious young woman who defied the limitations of the time in which she lived and paid the... Read More

The tenacity of the main character will resonate as he overcomes barriers and reclaims his former life. Fighting for his professional reputation, reporter Coleridge Samuel Taylor attempts to solve the death of a young homeless boy, the... Read More

Newman sifts through the complexity of place and humanity to find both the ugliness and the beauty in our world. Richard Newman’s latest collection of poetry, "All the Wasted Beauty of the World", strips away the rose-colored lenses... Read More

Pitch-perfect dialogue and narrative prose reveal teen culture and the journey of self-discovery. Few adults have the spot-on sense of teenage culture that novelist Carrie Mesrobian has. Critically acclaimed for her candid young-adult... Read More

High-school struggles and a distinctive teenager voice bring relatability to this paranormal romance drama. As her senior year at Northbrook Academy approaches, Lainey Young is dealing with all the usual worries of a girl in her final... Read More

An unlikely friendship between likable, emotionally rendered hockey-playing characters illumines the conflicts of loyalty in this graphic novel. Lessons about loyalty, friendship, and the price of fame are draped upon a background of... Read More

Bell examines the ugly clash between civilizations on the American frontier through an artistic, lyrical prism. With intense characterizations and a solid grasp of time and place, Catherine Bell’s literary historical novel delves into... Read More

Adorable cartoon calico KeeKee approaches Athens, Greece, with a researcher’s fervor and a child’s innocent curiosity in this latest installment in Shannon Jones’s series of informative picture books. Exploring the Parthenon, the... Read More