Featuring tangible strategies for parents concerned about their children’s reading skills, "This May Be Difficult to Read" is a knowledgeable education text. Critiquing contemporary reading instruction practices for children,... Read More

In her memoir God’s Ex-Girlfriend, Gloria Beth Amodeo is candid about how she was drawn into evangelical Christianity—and about how she came to see it as a “common American cult” involving unhealthy relationship dynamics and... Read More

A teenager forges new bonds with people who help her to survive her troubled times in the poignant novel "Eat and Get Gas". A teenager navigates life in "Eat and Get Gas", J. A. Wright’s endearing novel about love, family flaws, and... Read More

"The Cobbler" is the memoir of a visionary entrepreneur with a mission to proclaim the true worth of every human life. Steve Madden’s riveting memoir "The Cobbler" unveils the story of his nonstop roller-coaster life and the hard-won... Read More

In Chad Morris and Shelly Brown’s engaging novel "Virtually Me", three adolescents attend an experimental virtual junior high school. In the midst of the lingering pandemic, Bradley, Edelle, and Hunter are getting ready to enter the... Read More

Part personal reflection, part interactive call for action, Tina Strawn’s "Are We Free Yet?" follows the queer Black activist’s search for freedom and details practical methods for self-reflection and healing. The book’s four parts... Read More

In the fairy tales and poems of Jane Yolen’s "The Scarlet Circus", there are curious permutations of haunting, mesmerizing love stories. Featuring previously published stories alongside new work and personal commentary, this... Read More

Forthright and poetic, "The Nature of Spring" belongs to a quartet of Scottish nature writer Jim Crumley’s books. Heading into the Highlands and islands in “the backward spring of 2018,” Crumley pursued customary signs and... Read More