In Jaclyn Moriarty’s kaleidoscopic fantasy novel "The Secret of Lillian Velvet", a girl armed with a pickle jar full of coins contends with loneliness and otherworldly derring-do. Ten-year-old Lillian lives in Australia with her... 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

In Bijal Vachharajani’s novel "Savi and the Memory Keeper", a girl navigates grief and healing via her connection with a sentient tree. After her father’s unexpected death, Savi moves with her mother and sister to Shajarpur.... Read More

As humans wage war on each other and on nature, a visionary Wisconsin forester discovers a poisoned gift within himself in B. Pladek’s historical novel "Dry Land". Rand trained to be a forester after losing his beloved marshland to... Read More

Krampus and Saint Nicholas star in "The Fright Before Christmas", a book of criticism that pulls back the mistletoe curtain to reveal myriad winter holiday creatures and traditions that serve serious social functions. Christmas, Yule,... Read More

The tales of E. Lily Yu’s brilliant, sparkling collection "Jewel Box" are fantastical, rich, and strange. They brim with imagination and insights and are diverse when it comes to geography and cultural details. Here, inanimate objects... Read More

Roaring through a divine origin story with righteous feminist fury, "Lilith" demands a revision of what many think of as the truth. Lilith was not made for Adam—they were made for one another. Once, Adam knew this. But he began to... Read More

A woman immortalized as a villain fights to tell her story in Deirdre Sullivan’s scintillating, lyrical novel "Savage Her Reply". Aife, one of three sisters “fostered” by the druid-warrior Bodhbh to solidify his power, grew up... Read More