"Heal Your Family" is an intriguing self-help book about how to make peace with a difficult family history. Magui Block’s soulful self-help book "Heal Your Family" forwards fresh insights on dealing with the weight of family... Read More

Drawing inspiration from the most existentially bored quarters of the sweater-set crowd, the short stories of Virginia Pye’s "Shelf Life of Happiness" are unsettling, sighing laments. They organize church fundraisers and clean their... Read More

Aiming to inspire young artists, this fantasy story hits its mark. In Stephen Evans’s "Painting Sunsets", a young girl finds her creative calling at a completely unexpected time and place. Twelve-year old Lissa is the daughter of... Read More

Raising difficult questions of morality, this slice-of-life narrative is as heartfelt as it is entertaining. Scott Semegran’s "Boys" collects trio of fascinating stories that follow a young man in three very different stages of his... Read More

Guynn’s collection would be ideal for cultivating a love and appreciation of nature, wildlife, and conservation in elementary and middle-grade students. A curious young girl and a wise old tortoise forge an extraordinary friendship... Read More

The raw honesty in these perfectly timed essays puts a human face on a hugely stigmatized social issue. “Sex is never just about sex,” states writer Sue William Silverman in the foreword to Making Out Like a Virgin: Sex, Desire &... Read More

This book is a must-read for evangelical Christian women working to reconcile their outside work with traditional church teachings. Even in the twenty-first century, the decision to work outside the home can give rise to all kinds of... Read More

This is an engaging and sympathetic tale of families and cultures, and the choices that shape them. Carl Nordgren’s "Worlds Between" is the second in the River of Lakes series, which began with The 53rd Parallel. With dual settings in... Read More