With an engaging voice, reluctant camper Cooper Wilder tells a story of environmental intrigue for outdoorsy middle­-grade readers. As a summer camp owner herself, author Tamra Wight has young readers tasting the oozing s’mores,... Read More

In his prescription for living a longer, healthier life, Dr. Stephen K. Fairley chooses to leave off the sugarcoating, instead asking readers to swallow a bitter pill of sarcasm-laden advice. He justifies his take-no-prisoners approach... Read More

Craig Evan Royce seems to be a man of unbridled enthusiasm. In a previous book, Country Miles Are Longer Than City Miles, he examined the mountain culture of eastern Kentucky, focusing on the area’s artisans. His latest work brings... Read More

The Hawaiian word pono describes a state of harmony and balance much like that achieved by Lauren Benton Angulo in her debut novel, Caught Inside: A Surfing Passage. Angulo’s multifaceted coming-of-age story balances the energetic... Read More

Obscurity is a hard fate to escape, something the author of "Lament in the Night" knew all too well. But nearly one hundred years after his stories were first published in Japanese-language newspapers in California, Shoson’s work is... Read More

For those who don’t mind a bit of irreverence in their Christmas stories, Dick Morgan’s The Archangel’s Gift offers one of the most endearing holiday tales to come along in quite a while. Morgan’s story is not just for kids.... Read More

Marika Pruska-Carroll offers an insightful and rewarding contention: Russia is regressing politically in the face of economic and educational progress and an ongoing social revolution. Pruska-Carroll was raised in Poland, earned her PhD... Read More

“I’m not a patient! … I’m a prisoner of war.” These few words summarize Ruth Levine’s outlook on her struggle to overcome the emotional challenges of her diagnosis of stage-four colorectal cancer. In Cancer Warrior, she... Read More