Elizabeth D. Hilborn’s "Restoring Eden" covers the devastation caused by agricultural pesticides alongside an impassioned plea for ecological reform. Two decades ago, Hilborn and her husband moved to a North Carolina fruit farm,... Read More

David E. Linton’s informative and insightful text covers the origins and complications of US student debt. Starting with a history of higher education in the US, this book utilizes careful evidence to illustrate how and why student... Read More

Jennifer L. Wright’s exciting novel "The Girl from the Papers" is filled with robberies, revenge, and redemption. Beatrice used to be a star, but she now lives in poverty. She fled from her abusive stepfather and is desperate for fame... Read More

A disowned daughter returns to her Mormon home to care for her ailing mother in Karin Anderson’s novel "What Falls Away". Cassandra, the only daughter in a family of boys, was raised in a strict religious household. But she hasn’t... Read More

In Adi Rule’s fun supernatural novel Nell and the Netherbeast, a girl works with a malodorous beast to solve a mystery at her aunt’s bed and breakfast. Twelve-year-old Nell had intended to spend her summer helping at a local shelter.... Read More

Sensual, earthy, and mystical, Sophie Strand’s novel "The Madonna Secret" views Jesus via the woman who loved him. Refreshing in its perspective and stunning in its breaks with church-curated, patriarchal characterizations of Jesus and... Read More

In Inês F. Oliveira’s touching coming-of-age novel "Calvin and the Sugar Apples", a girl struggles with changes in her life. Ten-year-old Amelia is having a rough time. Plagued by self-doubt, she’s at odds with her best friend,... Read More

An eleven-year-old girl with a magical link to a water spirit confronts her destiny in the graphic novel "Kariba". Siku, discovered as a baby in a secret area of the Zambezi River, has the power to manipulate water. Her abilities... Read More