Diane Dimond’s ambitious book "We’re Here to Help" uncovers the devastation caused by mercenary guardians and conservators who exploit their court-appointed powers over vulnerable people. Dimond, an experienced investigative... Read More

Hard pencil lines portray a monstrous interpretation of impatience in the two-tone illustrations of this picture book. When the Great Grrrrr arrives to deliver a package to a cottage, he’s met with no answer. In his frustration, he... Read More

In Sally Gardner’s fantastical novel "The Weather Woman", gender, societal recognition, and family inheritance lead to precarious circumstances in Victorian London. Neva, whose parents neglect her, can read the weather with perfect... Read More

A precocious teenager finds a makeshift family among strangers in BettyJoyce Nash’s perceptive, sensitive novel "Everybody Here Is Kin". On their way to a promised Key West trip, Lucille, her stepsiblings, and their mother, Naomi, stop... Read More

Jamie Bruesehoff’s thoughtful book Raising Kids Beyond the Binary explores issues of gender identity from a personalized, Christian perspective. With elements of a memoir, this is a clear guide to understanding gender identities... Read More

Shilpi Suneja’s novel "House of Caravans" depicts the turbulent end of British-ruled India along with the ensuing violence amid the region’s Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. Beyond this time of ravaged independence and the 1947... Read More

Carol Mitchell’s novel What Start Bad a Mornin’ moves between the United States and Caribbean islands in search of buried memories. Amaya has vague memories of her life in Jamaica before she moved to Trinidad and met her husband,... Read More

Melanie Dobson’s multi-timeline novel "The Wings of Poppy Pendleton" is about the boundless beauty of a child’s hope. The night before her fifth birthday, Poppy, the heiress of the Pendleton fortune, vanishes from Koster Isle without... Read More