This free-verse novel begins with Hunter’s death: after a bicycle accident, Hunter finds himself in another world. He is greeted by a man named Archie, who explains what has... Read More

This historical novel is perfectly relevant in this period of international instability. Amanda West Lewis’s The Pact is intriguing historical fiction from the memorable point... Read More

The journal format of this spare novel allows for an in-depth examination of the daily grief experienced after a friend’s suicide. When Kacey Left, an epistolary novel, traces... Read More

The orphaned “Lost Boys of Sudan,” the most likely to survive of the two million people displaced during the late 1980s and early 1990s, seek refuge in Ethiopia and Kenya.... Read More

In just one afternoon, nine-year-old Penelope Jane Parker, better known as PJ, may have ruined her life. While practicing for the big fourth-grade track meet, PJ, who has always... Read More

“I need a quest,” twelve-year-old Jonah tells God. “Hear that? I want a quest. You took my dad. The least you could do is give me some direction.” In fact, God has... Read More

The blurb on the front cover of The Drum Calls Softly asserts that this illustrated book is of equal importance to children and adults—a blurb has never been so right. From... Read More

Quintuple winner of the Arthur Ellis Award Norah McClintock profiles a teen struggling and failing to regain normalcy after incarcera-tion for burglary and assault in Dooley... Read More

At some point every child seeks reassurance that the academic challenges faced in school are meaningful. These questions become much more poignant when posed by an aboriginal... Read More

In a time not so long ago when people respected the land and wildlife and relied on nature’s bounty for sustenance, lack of buffalo to hunt meant starvation and even death for... Read More

“A mystery is like a mechanical problem with a bike. No matter how complex the problem, there’s always some solution,” mulls Jeremy, whose school locker is filled with... Read More

The Old Testament’s Book of Genesis reveals that God planted the first garden. In the 1600s, Abraham Cowley said that all a man needs before descending “to the grave” is... Read More