The seemingly improbable friendship between Jack Cowdry, author J. Edward Chamberlin’s grandfather and a white rancher and banker, and Crop Eared Wolf, a warrior and Blackfoot chief, is recalled in the warm historical account, "The... Read More

Jan Wahl distills the eventful life of Hollywood actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in this grade school biography. It is illuminating and illustrated and is sure to be inspiring for young scientists with its message that “Hedy wanted to... Read More

Real history and contemporary events collide in Marc Fernandez’s crime novel "Mala Vida". Radio host Diego Martin finds himself the Spanish media’s token leftist after an election brings the nationalist party back into power. Then,... Read More

Ross Gay is known for his poetry, but "The Book of Delights" proves that he’s also an adept essayist. In composing the book, Gay operated under a simple principle: keep a diary of entries over the course of one year, with each entry... Read More

"We Are Here to Stay" collects the compelling stories of young adults who live, undocumented, in the United States. These stories are not political; they impart the experiences of real children who had little say when they came to the... Read More

Jennie Liu’s "Girls on the Line" is a gut-wrenching story of sisterhood and perseverance. Early 2000s China, in the throes of family planning policies and massive industrialization, isn’t kind to orphaned girls like Luli and Yun, who... Read More

"The Last 8" is diverse and immersive science fiction. Clover Martinez may be a teenager, but she’s built like a soldier. Trained to fly by her air force grandfather, she’s the perfect candidate for surviving the apocalypse: clever,... Read More

The mysteries of a legendary science fiction author are explored in the outstanding graphic novel biography "Philip K. Dick". Dick, known to many as the author of stories that were later made into films like Blade Runner and Total... Read More