In the charming picture book "Blueberry and Jam", animal friends make amazing discoveries across the state and as close as in their own backyards. In Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino’s edifying picture book "Blueberry and Jam", cat and mouse... Read More

“Sometimes you have to do things that make other people mad if you want to change something that is wrong,” learns a precocious young investigator in the involving mystery novel "State of the Union". In Kitty Felde’s informative... Read More

A supportive mother reiterates her interminable belief in her children in the inspiring picture book "You Can Do Hard Things". In Dana Sutton’s encouraging picture book "You Can Do Hard Things", children learn independence despite... Read More

A gender nonconforming teenager learns to eschew the “rules” and follow what’s in their own heart in the affirming novel "Uglier". Kelly Vincent’s novel "Uglier" follows a gender nonconforming junior through their first semester... Read More

Devastating plot twists and double-dealings result in continual suspense in the crime-led thriller "A Shadow of Black Water". In John Wilson’s thriller "A Shadow of Black Water", a Louisiana mafia crew faces a merciless international... Read More

In Nicole M. Wolverton’s hair-raising thriller "A Misfortune of Lake Monsters", a teenager who fakes cryptid sightings confronts a monster from her nightmares. Lemon knows that Old Lucy isn’t real. Her family has been responsible for... Read More

A grandmother and her granddaughter are entombed in a house whose walls hunger for murderous vengeance in Layla Martínez’s horror novel "Woodworm". The women are trapped in their small town due to the curse of the elder’s father.... Read More

In David Ciminello’s hilarious novel "The Queen of Steeplechase Park", an Italian American girl’s personality is as big as her heart—and her appetite. In 1930s New Jersey, Bella makes sure everyone knows her name. Her beauty, wit,... Read More