An Irish immigrant yearns for freedom, revealing her most secret hopes in letters to friends and would-be lovers, in the historical novel "Dear Missing Friend". In Susan McGuirk’s epistolary novel "Dear Missing Friend", letters go... Read More

The subtle proverb-based tale Wings & Roots weaves wondrous cultural connections between nature and humanity. An entrancing illustrated literary tale, Capella Cao’s Wings & Roots utilizes Chinese proverbs to tell the story of... Read More

Tracy Lynne Oliver’s vibrant, wrenching, and fantastical horror novel "Magician" follows the coming-of-age of a gifted boy born and raised in the absence of love and light. The magician’s mother grew up steeped in hate, educated in... Read More

"Dear Dead Husband" is an emotive novel that stands out for its honest portrayal of loss. In Carla Young’s elaborate novel "Dear Dead Husband", a young woman grapples with the loss of her husband by writing letters. After Eliza’s... Read More

The exciting graphic novel Creatures & Corridors pays tribute to, and pokes fun at, the traditions of fantasy role-playing games. Five teenagers are drawn into a world of deadly monsters and magic in Brandon Auman’s exciting... Read More

Federal intrusions reach a boiling point in the engrossing political thriller "The Architects of Control", in which challenges to people’s liberty are sometimes fatal. Unlikely allies stand in the way of an AI-assisted takeover of... Read More

In this encouraging picture book, talented young Posey is used to being the best at all that she tries, so her early faltering in yoga class comes as a great surprise to her. Though her teacher assures her that “perfect’s not the... Read More

This electric, jazzy biographical picture book of drag icon José Sarra begins with his childhood dreams of becoming royalty in glittering San Francisco. Though these yearnings were supported by his family, he found others more... Read More