Daryl loves Dinosaurs, but his copy of the book truly belongs to the library, and his cycle of perpetually renewing it hits a snag when someone else places the book on hold. Though he summons all of the dinosaur tricks that the book... Read More

In Maggie Smith’s novel "Truth and Other Lies", three driven women make life-altering decisions about the secrets they’ve kept in order to get ahead. Megan, a young, liberal journalist, moves back into her overprotective mother’s... Read More

In Jennifer Haupt’s keen-edged, intimate novel "Come As You Are", an intense, imperfect bond yields to more expansive resilience. Skye and Zane first meet in 1987. Growing up in 1990s Seattle, they watch their offbeat city become an... Read More

In Randi Triant’s novel "What We Give, What We Take", a young mother defies the political, economic, and personal forces arrayed against her. Fay is a single mother who works as a water tank escape artist. Living in ramshackle trailer... Read More

In S. A. Patrick’s fantasy novel "A Darkness of Dragons", a delinquent boy turns into a hero as he embarks on a quest to stop a notorious villain. Thirteen-year-old Patch was a promising piping apprentice. For years, he trained to... Read More

In "Power in the Wild", animal behaviorist Lee Alan Dugatkin examines the evolution of social behavior, with a focus on struggles for power within animal societies. From ants to cuttlefish to wolves, this entertaining book surveys... Read More

The chaos of current events takes on a supernatural dimension in John Elizabeth Stintzi’s novel "My Volcano". In the summer of 2016, all over the world, there are strange occurrences. The most spectacular event of all: a volcano... Read More

Teenage outcasts have to save their small town from a bloodthirsty monster by teaming up with their bully in Brett Riley’s fantasy novel "Freaks". Since grade school, Gabby, Micah, Jamie, and Christian have been bullied by B3, a group... Read More