Plush bunnies are set and photographed within intricate miniature scenes for this tale about making the best of unexpected challenges. Ava loves to paint, especially at the park, but a rogue soccer ball spells disaster for her latest... Read More

The intertwining of the personal and the political is at the heart of Christie Hodgen’s "Boy Meets Girl", a smart, funny novel. In 1992, rich Ben meets poor-ish Sam in a New Hampshire sandwich shop. Ben is working on a political... Read More

In Linda Williams Jackson’s historical novel "The Lucky Ones", a boy who’s living in poverty finds strength and a way forward through education. In 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy sets out on his Southern Poverty Tour, seeking to reveal... Read More

Based in truth, the powerful novel "No Stopping Us Now" is about the fight for gender equality in sports just after the passage of Title IX. In 1974, all Louisa wants to do is to play basketball. But her Portland, Oregon, high school is... Read More

Ruth Fox’s "Under the Heavens" updates the tale of Noah’s ark, transforming it to feature whales in space and a mission gone awry. Working under an assumed name, Kim is the only human aboard the Seiiki, a giant spaceship bringing... Read More

In Ashleigh Bell Pedersen’s captivating coming-of-age novel "The Crocodile Bride", eleven-year-old Sunshine lives with her father, Billy, in the bayou town of Fingertip, in a yellow house that tilts, “exhausted, to one side.” Her... Read More

Irish journalist Sally Hayden’s "My Fourth Time, We Drowned" is a meticulous account of the horrifying North African refugee crisis. In 2018, Hayden received a surprise Facebook message from an Eritrean man locked inside of a Libyan... Read More

In Irene Hannon’s Christian romance novel "Sea Glass Cottage", two hearts rekindle a spark that both thought was extinguished forever. Jack is content with his life in cozy Hope Harbor, so when Christi—the girl who shattered his... Read More