The incisive autobiographical essays of Amy Lee Scott’s "When the World Explodes" ponder private tragedies and global threats. Eleven inquisitive pieces consider personal crises alongside natural disasters and gun violence. One links... Read More

In T. L. Simpson’s absorbing novel "Cope Field", a student’s fast track to the big leagues changes when a community service project and a new friend give him the courage to ask hard questions. Craw, an ace pitcher whose teammates... Read More

"Plum" is Andy Anderegg’s wise and touching novel about a woman’s struggle to heal from a childhood of neglect and abuse. J grows up sad and lonely because of her parents’ substance abuse, depression, and rage. To the outside... Read More

In Haylee Manda Reynolds’s poignant coming-of-age novel "Flirting with Glowsticks", a bisexual teenager struggles to find love in a period of transience. Chloe wants to belong in the places her parents move her to, including... Read More

In Binnie Kirshenbaum’s novel "Counting Backwards", a woman is thrust into the role of a caregiver. After Addie’s husband, Leo, is diagnosed with Lewy Body disease in his early fifties, he begins to lose touch with his former self.... Read More

Liz Walker’s thought-provoking memoir "No One Left Alone" is about the inequity of trauma and grief in Black communities. Walker became a Presbyterian pastor in Roxbury, Massachusetts—an urban Black community—three years after the... Read More

Colorful, patterned illustrations and music lyrics combine to create a children’s picture book that inspires wonder and reverence for the natural world—and all its inhabitants. A mother and daughter spend a day in their community... Read More

Gorgeous collage illustrations use multiple mediums to complement this touching tale of finding hope within loss. Hana is at school when a devastating tsunami crashes over Japan; from her protected spot on a hill, she has an intimate... Read More