The stories in Bob Johnson’s collection "The Continental Divide" pulse with tension, their characters grounded in their convictions and using language ripe with country pulp. Attentive to their characterizations and settings, these... Read More

A teenager discovers his hidden telekinetic powers, setting the scene for action, drama, and wildness, in John Hearne’s rollicking science fiction novel Someone’s Been Messing with Reality. After unlocking his powers, Martin learns... Read More

A little boy’s blanket makes a break for it in this runaway hit of a bedtime story. The boy is ready for bed, but his blanket isn’t; it jumps up, packs a pizza into a bag, and slips out a window into the night. But no one believes... Read More

In Jamie Ogle’s historical novel "As Sure as the Sea", romance blossoms between a coral diver and a burdened pastor as anti-Christian fervor boils over in Rome. 310 CE is a difficult time for Christians: Emperor Diocletian enacts a... Read More

Caroline Parker’s "The Healing Garden" is an engaging, beautiful compendium of medicinal and culinary herbs. The book surprises and inspires as it shares the varied uses and healing properties of forty different herbs and seven... Read More

In Nanae Aoyama’s droll novella "A Perfect Day to Be Alone", an indecisive girl cohabitates with a woman who challenges her preconceptions and directionlessness. Twenty-year-old Chizu is ill-employed and hard to impress. She wants to... Read More

David Gessner’s engaging nature book "The Book of Flaco" is about an escaped owl and humanity’s impact on wild animals. Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, lived in Central Park Zoo for thirteen years. In February 2023, people with... Read More

A fishing village plagued by ghosts and omens unites to protect a refugee girl in Justin Haynes’s potent novel "Ibis". The site of a vicious sugar plantation centuries ago, New Felicity, Trinidad, is a nexus for Venezuelan refugees.... Read More