Erik Reece’s memoir "Clear Creek" covers his bucolic second life in the countryside, laying forth a vision of living in and alongside nature. Reece removed himself to the woods in the style of Henry David Thoreau in Walden—while also... Read More

In Adi Rule’s fun supernatural novel Nell and the Netherbeast, a girl works with a malodorous beast to solve a mystery at her aunt’s bed and breakfast. Twelve-year-old Nell had intended to spend her summer helping at a local shelter.... Read More

"Loyola Kids Book of Seasons, Feasts, and Celebrations" ably explains the inner workings of the Catholic liturgical year. Amy Welborn’s religious book "Loyola Kids Book of Seasons, Feasts, and Celebrations" presents and explains... Read More

The direct poems collected in "Sivateja Mukkamala Poetry" ask complex questions about the natures of life and love. "Sivateja Mukkamala Poetry" gathers poems that utilize brevity to invite ruminations on the nature of existence.... Read More

Hayley Gold’s beautiful graphic memoir "Nervosa" covers the artist’s life through her eating disorder. When Gold was ten, she went to get ice cream with her father while he ranted about her mother. Her cholesterol was high, some... Read More

In Shay Galloway’s novel "The Valley of Sage and Juniper", sisters struggle for independence and to keep their family’s ranch. Isaiah and Genesis were so named by their devout mother, Addie. Isaiah is defiant yet mystical, with the... Read More

Stark images in black and white lead this sympathetic wordless picture book about a girl who’s enduring the war in Ukraine. Her days are harsh and limited; she feels trapped, and danger exists everywhere. But her fear and despair are... Read More

Entertaining tales are gathered in the novel "As Time Goes By", in which an octogenarian reviews colorful events from across his long life. In W. Royce Adams’s novel "As Time Goes By", an older man reminisces to determine what his... Read More