A fast-paced, politically savvy potboiler, "Deadly Cold" is a quick and engaging read. A series of apocalyptic natural disasters plunges Earth into a deep freeze in Jed O’Dea’s "Deadly Cold". Two fugitive scientists, Maya and Tucker... Read More

Chatelain has done an outstanding job of identifying childhood experiences for Chicago’s young black girls. The Great Migration (1910-70) saw six million African Americans leave the Jim Crow South for cities in the northern and western... Read More

Through his pull-no-punches writing style, Brown acknowledges that sometimes things are not quite as they ought to have been in our conflict-ridden world. Most people consider themselves lucky to find and establish themselves in a career... Read More

Margolis captures the bold spirit of the women’s suffrage era through her heroine’s bravery and passion. When socialite Katherine Moore returns to the provincial town of River Run under mysteriously scandalous circumstances, her... Read More

Joel Christian Gill’s Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History is another must-have to add to school reading lists. Gill’s work, named after the Billie Holliday song, tells the fascinating real life stories of nine... Read More

Thomas employs a clear, inviting tone to reveal optimism in the midst of change, binding themes of music, domesticity, and love. Belva Boroditsky Thomas, a Canadian soprano who launched her opera career in Britain, recalls momentous and... Read More

C. S. Lewis’s wardrobe gets a twenty-first-century makeover in this witty and inventive tale. People using closets to gain access to other worlds is a trope at least as old as C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.... Read More

This truly enjoyable mystery features well-written characters in addition to a puzzling plot and multiple story lines. "A Woman to Blame" is a mystery that engages from the start with an intriguing plot and a host of well-developed... Read More