"Plastic Girl" is a compelling cautionary tale set in a world where climate change has been taken to its logical extremes. In Jessica Maison’s young adult climate change novel "Plastic Girl", a teenager possesses the power to create... Read More

Emotive, whimsical illustrations reminiscent of children’s drawings enliven this story about the power of friendship. Britta is convinced that her two favorite trees, Apple and Magnolia, are best friends—even if no one but Nana... Read More

In the supernatural thriller "Face the Night", a determined mother battles paranormal and mundane criminals, all to protect her son. In Alan Lastufka’s taut horror novel "Face the Night", a single mother fights for custody of her son... Read More

Chocolate Runs Through My Veins is a riveting historical investigation into how the worlds of women and cocoa intersected. Connie Spenuzza’s revelatory feminist history Chocolate Runs Through My Veins covers the agriculture,... Read More

In 1971, the ratification of the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. Jennifer Frost’s thorough, valuable "Let Us Vote!" celebrates the amendment’s semicentennial by chronicling the long struggle to pass... Read More

“Nothing comes to the surface in solitude except that which is already hidden deep within us,” yet, when faced with the solitude of his own mortality, Hussein Barghouthi found within himself an entire lineage of Palestinian people... Read More

A girl goes on an intriguing trip through a magical clock in the imaginative picture book "The Tocks on the Clock". In Jozef K. Richards’s fanciful picture book "The Tocks on the Clock", a girl explores a magical land where creatures... Read More

"Planting Friendship" is a warm picture book in which girls from different faith traditions build friendships, exemplifying kindness and understanding. Three girls from different faith traditions become close friends in "Planting... Read More