A boy who can visualize the effects of what people say or feel comes into his own in the intriguing novel "Energy Wars". In Jodi Dee’s fantasy novel "Energy Wars", a teenager discovers that emotions are more powerful, complex, and... Read More

"A Man Askew" is an intriguing novel in which an everyman’s fortunes take unusual twists. A downtrodden copy editor investigates his detective father’s past in Joe Costanzo’s brooding novel "A Man Askew", about uncertainties in the... Read More

Simulated escapes are forwarded as a government incentive for people to live healthier lives in the cerebral science fiction novel "Anticipation Day". In Jeff Michelson’s visionary science fiction novel "Anticipation Day", innovations... Read More

A boy in a village plagued by Cossack soldiers battles a curse to help his family and friends in the excellent graphic novel "Mendel the Mess-Up". Mendel, who is approaching his bar mitzvah, lives in a remote Jewish village, Lintvint,... Read More

Covering skills ranging from healthy eating to planning for retirement, Level Up! is an encouraging self-help guide that suggests a systematic method for achieving personal success. In Level Up!, father and diplomat Steve M. Scott... Read More

A community remakes itself to fit a vision of freedom in the sympathetic Revolutionary War–era novel "Chains of Fate". The very notion of freedom—both of the soul and of the body—hangs in the balance in "Chains of Fate", Melissa... Read More

A teenager confronts her haunted past to save her family in Kate Anderson’s slow-burn psychological thriller "Lonely Places". Chase has yearned for stability ever since her family left their home when she was just a child. Since then,... Read More

Encouraging social cohesion, "Be the Weight Behind the Spear" is a spirited memoir that models ethical living and leadership among one’s peers. Army veteran and emergency room physician Josh McConkey’s memoir "Be the Weight Behind... Read More