Misty watercolors evoke the intangible air of dreams in this story about the magic of imagination. At the narrow stretch where a river feeds into a lake, three siblings set out to build a dam. As they work, they are joined by the Royal... Read More

This almost wordless picture book imagines the origins of cave paintings in the Pleistocene. A group of early people battle treacherous conditions and face dangerous animals as they travel in search of food and shelter. A young girl... Read More

Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, the loss and resurgence of his ship, and memories of growing up in South Africa inform Darrel Bristow-Bovey’s entrancing literary memoir "Finding Endurance", about the romantic spirit of... Read More

Set in Edwardian England, Stephanie Cowell’s novel "The Boy in the Rain" concerns the passionate romance between a painter and a divorced writer. After a traumatic exchange with his uncle, nineteen-year-old Robbie, who is failing in... Read More

In his graphic novel "Nuking Alaska", Peter Dunlap-Shohl reveals the disturbing history of nuclear weapons in his home state. Recounting near-misses and actual nuclear disasters in Alaska and elsewhere, this book weaves personal accounts... Read More

Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.’s poetry collection is a celebration of the awkwardness of growing up queer and poor. These autobiographical, narrative poems focus on Carver’s coming-of-age in rural Kentucky. They track his religious... Read More

Hazel Jane Plante’s novel "Any Other City" puts a transgender punk idol’s story to the page. Tracy St. Cyr lives in a city that could be “any other city” that features creative and queer communities. Her story is structured like... Read More

"Rolling in the Deep" is a coming-of-age novel in which a displaced teenager and his grieving new friend reckon with their losses and rediscover their identities. In Arthur Kevin Rein’s mystery novel "Rolling in the Deep", a grieving... Read More