Maryann Lesert’s novel "Land Marks" captures the intensity and passion of climate activism in Michigan. Rebecca hasn’t written under her activist’s pseudonym (Elizabeth Stone) in years. After a deadly protest at a nature preserve,... Read More

In Noa Silver’s novel "California Dreaming", a recent college graduate tries to live up to her mother’s reputation. Using her rebellious mother’s story as a template, Elena moves to Oakland with Teach for America. She’s sure her... Read More

Downtrodden heroes are the focus of "Prairie Edge", an intimate, unsparing novel about the lives of Indigenous people in Canada. Ezzy is an aimless young man of Métis descent who has been scarred by stints in prison. He struggles to... Read More

"Bitterroot" is an intricate novel—a tapestry of family dynamics, generational trauma, and the pursuit of social justice in a small town. In Steeplejack in Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains, Hazel, a forensic artist, is used to seeing... Read More

Focused on its heroine’s empowerment, "The Three Layers of a Moment" is a lush, satisfying entry into a domestic series. In Samar Reine’s novel "The Three Layers of a Moment", a woman with deep roots in New Mexico contends with her... Read More

A grieving woman seeks the truth about her origins abroad in the warm novel "La Espina (The Thorn)". Unwavering bonds exist among family members and friends in Carol Alford’s novel "La Espina (The Thorn)", in which a woman pursues the... Read More

In the gritty novel "Garbage Boy", a principled high schooler’s mundane life takes a dangerous turn. In Michael McMullen’s bleak coming-of-age novel "Garbage Boy", a teenager’s family struggles are complicated by issues of drugs,... Read More

In the historical novel "Journey to the Pacific", a dreamer influences the growth of his frontier community. Judith A. Perkins’s historical novel "Journey to the Pacific" is the story of one man’s dream of seeing the Pacific Ocean... Read More