Big Monster encourages Little Monster to bounce, wiggle, jiggle, swing, and roll, in Jana Novotny Hunter’s My Tail’s Not Tired!, a clever daily routine that allows small knees, feet, and tails to work out excess energy in time to be... Read More

Lost loved ones live on in our memories—at least, that’s what people say. For salty, sarcastic Minerva Rus, memory has the power to resurrect the people she’s lost. Part psychedelic journey, part conspiracy theory, "Memortality" is... Read More

It’s a fight for resources on one side of Gas Mountain, where residents willing to share and forgive teach an important lesson to kids. A. M. Shah’s "Monster Fart Wars" is a silly and entertaining story for young children who enjoy... Read More

These are thought-provoking meditations on family, immigration, and the American dream. In "Immigration Essays", Sybil Baker provides a provocative, open-hearted investigation into the ways that people leave home, and the reasons why.... Read More

A heartwarming story of faith and friendship in unlikely places, this novel offers a welcome message of hope in a divided world. Cathy Liggett’s "The Sisters of Sugarcreek" shows that hope can rise from the ashes of loss. In the... Read More

"Zero Day" is a fascinating and highly relevant thriller with invigorating elements of realism. T. L. Williams’s "Zero Day" is a complex, smart, and timely drama about virtual warfare. Within the thriller, China uses hacking to attack... Read More

A brave sea captain, aspiring scholar, and rescuer of orphans, Tilly boldly sails through the Pacific bound for Rapa Nui, in the second installment of Elizabeth Lorayne’s poetic Piratess Tilly series, The Adventures of Piratess Tilly... Read More

This is a refreshing thriller, with a compassionate protagonist and a complex set of crimes to solve. Prepare for a roller-coaster ride of a thriller: Nicholas Nash’s "The Girl at the Bar" mixes a beautiful woman, an unemployed Wall... Read More