With its themes of family, loss, sexuality, and self-discovery, Erin Moynihan’s "Laurel Everywhere" is a touching and quirky coming-of-age story. Laurel was named after the laurel bush, a nondescript plant that is found everywhere... Read More

In Antarctica, ice stretches “as far as the eye can see,” but don’t let the stark landscape fool you: the southernmost continent is teeming with life. Encounter giant forests of algae beneath the waterline, and meet creatures... Read More

A malcontent cat is a dangerous being, and attention-hungry Doodle Cat is verging on desperation before he encounters a stray crayon. After a few failed tests—is it a kind of spoon? A spade?—Doodle Cat discovers the crayon’s... Read More

The magic continues in R. J. Anderson’s fantasy sequel, "Nomad". Ever since Ivy, a pixie, learned that her mother was still alive, her life has been turned upside down. In gaining a mother, she lost her father. In gaining a new home,... Read More

Historical figures reevaluate the legacy of an abolitionist in Zoë Wicomb’s novel "Still Life". Plagued by writer’s block, an author allows the contemporaries of Thomas Pringle, a Scottish-born poet and abolitionist, to take the... Read More

Moving and suspenseful, "The Photographer of Mauthausen" is a based-in-truth story of survival in a Nazi concentration camp. Francisco, a Spanish photographer, is imprisoned by the Nazis because of his communist beliefs. So are many of... Read More

Childhood friends separated by death reunite in Kate Hazel Hall’s supernatural novel "From Darkness". Ari and Alex once played in the Australian wilds. Then Alex drowned, and Ari blamed herself. Years later, a snakebite should have... Read More

Mirado is from Afghanistan; he was sent to safety while his father stayed to fight a war. Now, he’s a favorite performer for a traveling circus, playing his father’s flute. But the flute is starting to crack. Around Mirado, night... Read More