In Chad Corrie’s dystopian novel "As the Sparrow Flies", people fight extinction in the face of a religious war. Elliott is a squire who aspires to knighthood. He hopes to join an army that believes Pyre is the main deity. He thinks... Read More

A middle schooler who’s struggling with self-acceptance believes her problems are solved when she finds a magic door in Leah Stecher’s novel "The Things We Miss". J.P. dreads seventh grade and all it represents. With some cajoling... Read More

"The Witchstone" is a humorous urban fantasy novel in which a smooth-talking demon helps to break a generational curse. When the brutal bureaucrats of Hell give lackadaisical Laszlo an ultimatum—improve his performance as a Curse... Read More

A former confidence man confronts a haunted ancient Egyptian artifact while running from his past in Megaera C. Lorenz’s novel "The Shabti". Dashiel, a former fraudulent medium, makes a meager living holding shows revealing his former... Read More

A girl seeks to create lasting peace between warring groups in the graphic novel Matilde’s Quest. After an epic battle in the Golden City of Eyes, Boldon, Spike, and Matilde, who has a mechanical arm, secure passage to Matilde’s... Read More

National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon’s "The Secret Library" is a spellbinding tale of self-determination and family history. Eleven-year-old Dally seeks a new escapade after the death of her grandfather, who inspired her... Read More

In Molly Ringle’s intoxicating fantasy novel "Ballad for Jasmine Town", humans and fae band together to save their mystical island. In Miryoku, known as Jasmine Town, Rafi feels like two halves of a whole: half human and half fae,... Read More

Subverting genre motifs, the exciting metaphysical novel "Earthly Vessels" troubles its way through religious traditions, different planes of existence, and reincarnation and the beliefs behind souls. In David T. Isaak’s... Read More