Falkin animates this dystopian YA novel with timeless depictions of what often feels like uncharted terrain bridging childhood and adulthood. "Contract City", Mark Falkin’s YA novel, set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, renamed “The City of the... Read More

This dramatic gay-teen story of forbidden love intertwines themes of gangs, divorce, teen pregnancy, and transcendent love. In David-Matthew Barnes’s "Fifty Yards and Holding", two young men from different worlds find love and security... Read More

McGuire opts for a voice that fits the scenery, internal and external, as the characters and the oceanic setting are so intertwined. Emotional snapshots of life in coastal Alaska’s fishing communities form the focus of Rosemary... Read More

Observations on emotional displacement are conveyed through visceral language and brave storytelling. In Dina Guidubaldi’s profound but emotionally raw short-story collection, "How Gone We Got", her protagonists seem to be looking for... Read More

Jarman’s prose circles ideas, revisiting them, adding flesh and depth to what seemed to be a fleeting character or encounter. Divorced and abandoned by the love he thought would replace his marriage, the narrator of this collection of... Read More

Cliffhangers abound; spies, servants, and the brink of WWI enthralls; and friends Saul and Agnes are thrown into danger and difficulty as they charade their way to finding the deed to the house they use as their time-travel gang hangout... Read More

There comes a time, kids, when you’ve got to expand your kitchen repertoire beyond mac ‘n’ cheese, hot dogs, and PB&J. French Toast on a Stick, Quiche Cupcakes, Tiny Tomato Toasts, and Lettuce Roll-Ups are so much more... Read More

Suave Neil is the Carl Sagan of the twenty-first century—he’s what Bill Nye the Science Guy was to kids growing up in the 1990s. But he’s got a legacy of his own, and he hopes to stimulate young minds to think deeply about the... Read More