Based on the life story of a confessed witch, Nancy Hayes Kilgore’s engrossing historical novel "Bitter Magic" concerns a teenager with a dangerous interest in magic. In the harsh religious climate of seventeenth-century Scotland,... Read More

"Seasons of a Magical Life" is a thoughtful pagan text that suggests ways of incorporating earth-focused spiritual practice into everyday life. H. Byron Ballard bases her work in personal experience: she lives and works on a small farm... Read More

In Alison Evans’s fantastical novel "Euphoria Kids", three LGBTQ+ teenagers learn about the magic stirring in the forest around their Australian home. Babs is made of fire. When she was small, she was cursed by a witch. Now, she is... Read More

Rebecca Phelps’s inventive novel "Down World" crosses multiple dimensions and timelines as a teenager searches for a way to heal her family and correct a tragedy that should never have happened. Sixteen-year-old Marina recognizes some... Read More

This brief, detailed introduction to the seasonal calendar that celebrated by many modern pagans describes eight festivals, consisting of two equinoxes, two solstices, and the four midway points between, referred to as the cross-quarter... Read More

In Ellen Cooney’s thoughtful, beautiful novel "One Night Two Souls Went Walking", the traumas of a hospital’s patients become a way to think about the concept of souls. The book is narrated by an unnamed, third-shift chaplain who... Read More

In Mathew New’s absurdist graphic novel, a teenage boy and his talking duck seek out adventure in an attempt to prove the boy’s worth as an explorer. Billy, a part-time janitor, is really an explorer. With Barrace, a duck who is also... Read More

Colleen Nelson’s heartwarming novel "Harvey Holds His Own" is about friendship, loyalty, and the importance of staying true to oneself, no matter the obstacles. For twelve-year-old Maggie, seventh grade at St. Ambrose Academy includes... Read More