Nature and genetics are dazzling in this story of how the changing landscape and gritty pollution of the industrial revolution altered the wing color and pattern presentation of the peppered moth species. Shadowy silhouettes and speckled... Read More

Twists and turns abound in Lisa Naffziger’s teen suspense thriller "Minus", in which a college bound heroine finds her life unraveling around her. Beck is driving to the University of Chicago with her father, Gill. He seems like a... Read More

Margreet de Heer conducts a sometimes historical, sometimes personal tour of love and its many forms and definitions in her Love: A Discovery in Comics. De Heer begins by introducing seven kinds of love, with examples from Greek and... Read More

The stories in Julie Paul’s "Meteorites" assess possibilities for growth in the wake of worst case scenarios. Loss and illness become opportunities for restoration that broken characters often overlook. A man travels to Hawaii with the... Read More

It is fun to follow along as each character in this Christian novel fits into the biblical account: hearing Jesus preach, debating the Bible, and struggling to come to grips with a new world. J. V. Love’s thrilling historical novel... Read More

"Being Mean" is a scalding personal account of enduring, and healing from, childhood sexual abuse. Patricia Eagle’s searing memoir "Being Mean" is about her rise from the ashes of sexual abuse. Chronicling Eagle’s life from the ages... Read More

A love letter to family relationships and Alaskan life, "No Fences in Alaska" is a gratifying young adult novel. Glen Sobey’s young adult novel "No Fences in Alaska" is a coming-of-age story set against the arresting backdrop of the... Read More

In Agnes Gomillion’s gripping science fiction debut, "The Record Keeper", Arika is born in a postwar, resource-ravaged world and is plucked from her community’s nursery for a position of power. Arika may have a warm bed, clean... Read More