Esme and Tommy’s deep kinship serves as a warm reminder of the power of loyalty. Set in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, in 1904, Esme Dooley & the Kirkkomaki Circus is an eventful novel for middle-grade youth. Jane Donovan and Holly... Read More

"The Far Haven Treasury" introduces an imaginative fantasy world with historical parallels to our own, through which topics of love and justice are explored. Aleksandra Layland’s "The Far Haven Treasury" is an engaging and thoughtful... Read More

"The Flight of the Mango Flowers" adds perspective to the events following the Cuban revolution. In his memoir, Antonio Gordon recreates the era of the “Mango Flowers,” during which more than 14,000 Cuban children were sent by their... Read More

A pervasive theme of learning from the past makes this book an entertaining journey through the lives of ordinary men and women. Kim Yost’s The Life Chest is a historical novel and an imaginative extension of the author’s... Read More