The notion that all creatures have the capacity to do either harm or good is exemplified in the ecoconscious novel "Uplift". In Jessica Mann’s delicate allegorical novel "Uplift", a bird living in the Anthropocene comes of age and... Read More

Through its brief portraits of remarkable individuals, "Quiet Valor" issues a compelling argument for rethinking whom society chooses to remember. Larry Nouvel’s illuminating biographical compendium "Quiet Valor" celebrates a selection... Read More

A girl encounters Yokai, creatures from Japanese folklore, in Jem Yoshioka’s spirited graphic novel "Folk Remedy". Maple works with her mother at the family’s apothecary in a remote town in Japan. Influenced by her friend Kunio,... Read More

A fourth grader adopts a creative way to remedy the gulf between how she feels inside and how others perceive her in Julie A. Swanson’s insightful novel "North of Tomboy". No one in Jess’s Northern Michigan rural family, church, or... Read More

A closeted woman in a dystopian society chooses between honesty and artifice in the compelling future-set novel "The Finest Line". A woman comes to terms with her sexual orientation against a backdrop of rising religious and political... Read More

Chloe Michelle Howarth’s coming-of-age novel "Sunburn" simmers with first love, confusion, and quiet rebellion in sun-drenched 1990s Ireland. Lucy, a restless teenager, lives in Crossmore, Ireland, where “motherhood is the nearest... Read More

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