In basketball star Rudy Gobert’s action-filled graphic novel "Bash!", a teenager is hunted by aliens. Fifteen-year-old Rudy lives with his mother in a poor section of Arcadia, a district in a future version of Earth. His father, Atlas,... Read More

In Nisi Shawl’s novel "Speculation", wish-granting spectacles give a girl great power––and an even greater burden. In 1962, Winna’s life is upended when she inherits a pair of spectacles with a magical quirk: they can grant... Read More

The universe is strange and wonderful, as Jillian Scudder reveals in "The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries", a book that balances its reverence for science with respect for its audience’s intelligence. Did you know that the moon... Read More

A young woman is trapped in a recurring loop of loves gained and lost in different places and eras in the surreal graphic novel "Love Everlasting". Joan, a pretty young woman living sometime in the 1950s, works as the secretary to her... Read More

Lifelong stargazer, amateur astronomer, and astronomy columnist Tim B. Hunter’s "The Sky at Night" is a trove of mind-boggling facts and astounding mysteries that will captivate astronomy sophisticates and children alike. The book,... Read More

An enticing visitor spells doom—or a new beginning—for a distinguished but troubled family line in Marie Hélène Poitras’s novel "Sing, Nightingale". The Berthoumieux men have been caught in an endless cycle of control, lust,... Read More

In the fantasy novel "The Last Lion of Karkov", princesses bolster rebellions and topple monarchies, all in the name of sisterly love. In Dale Griffin’s epic historical novel "The Last Lion of Karkov", twin princesses come of age... Read More

Appealing vintage scripts and illustrations fill this Little Golden Book-evocative story about a cat with a daily routine. One day, he is surprised to find that someone else filled their basket from his fishing hole first; who? he... Read More