A technological utopia collapses into a prison of nightmares in Louis Greenberg’s science fiction thriller "Green Valley", a breakneck novel that explores what remains of human nature in a world of virtual reality. When society grows... Read More

Charles Davis’s eccentric, droll historical novel "The Measure of the World" has the establishment of the metric system at its core, and it proves perilous to seek standardization when most regard surveying with suspicion.... Read More

A beautiful high school student, Charlotte, disappears from a Halloween party in L. C. Warman’s "The Last Real Girl", which gradually unveils the lakeside town that bred her. An enticing cast of suspects emerges as Reese, Charlotte’s... Read More

As satisfying as it is suspenseful, Natalie Murray’s "Emmie and the Tudor King" presents itself as a young adult romance and tiptoes into mystery and action genres, too. When eighteen-year-old Emmeline Grace is assigned to write a... Read More

Håkon Øvreås’s "Brown" is a touching, timeless story that captures the unbounded imagination and uncertain innocence of youth. Originally published in Norway, "Brown" has been translated into more than thirty languages and is the... Read More

Joey and his mom discuss the surprising ways that quantities can be measured and compared in this creative adventure with numbers. It adds up to a whole lot of fun, and active illustrations highlight Joey’s wild imagination as he... Read More

Stroll along Rue Montcalm or enter a Parisian cabaret through this charming biography of Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen that celebrates the excitement of France in the late 1800s. The artist was known for his post-war lithographs and... Read More

The Tales from the Hidden Valley series of modern-day folktales continues with a fourth and final seasonal installment, a midsummer mystery set during the excitement of Dragon’s Day festivities. The legend of the lake beast looms as... Read More