Quin Lighthorn is not what he appears to be. A half-Sioux, half-Irish college student, Quin, the protagonist in James Michael Larranaga’s thriller, "In the Company of Wolves", is dressed to kill in a secondhand Armani suit and silk tie... Read More

Boris the cat awakens late one day to find his shadow missing! In its place is a paltry version nothing like his usual sultry companion. A rollicking search eventually leads him to the culprit, a mouse who exchanged his own shadow in... Read More

A magical story about a missing girl with wings who can fly—and the disparate collection of earth-bound people who come to love her. Featuring extraordinary line drawings and original, direct writing: “The city didn’t really know... Read More

After her family moves to Minnesota so her father can look for work during the Great Depression, Hannah is the only Jewish child in her class. She’s lonely. But the opportunity to go on a picnic and meet new friends brings on anxiety... Read More

Ominous and eerie are the apt adjectives critics have assigned to this acclaimed Australian picture book, now in a paperback version. Something inhabits the old water tower in fictional Preston. But is it an actual presence, or the... Read More

Ryan and Regan Resnick are the only two children allowed to work in Prometheus, an underground alien city discovered by the government and classified top secret. Their physicist father and biologist mother both work there, exploring... Read More

A retelling of this ancient tale, in which the people of the Valley of Shinar decide to build a tall tower to heaven. When they reach the 100th floor, they congratulate themselves: “How close we are to heaven…We will rule the earth... Read More

In pre-Civil War Louisiana, young Sarah Wade talks to the dead. She inherited this tendency from her grandmother through no fault of her own, but it renders her too odd for potential suitors. Thus, when she inherits Harrowgate from her... Read More