"Lakes of Mars" is an epic science fiction adventure, full of arresting action sequences and thoughtful meditations on pressing topics. Gritty, mysterious, and layered, Merritt Graves’s "Lakes of Mars" is an intricate story in which... Read More

In the wild science fiction adventure "The Flight Boys", four teenagers take off on a blundering trip to Pluto. Angela Brooks’s funny young adult novel "The Flight Boys" puts an entertaining spin on an interstellar space adventures,... Read More

Peril and Victorian steampunk meld in Peter Bunzl’s winsome middle grade novel, "Moonlocket". Lily, her mechanical fox Malkin, and their friend, Robert, return for a personal mission that highlights London’s old-world mystique. Jack... Read More

A teenager fights for his sanity as his mother fights to support him in "A Divided Mind", M. Billiter’s emotional portrait of mental illness. Seventeen-year-old Branson has a supportive family, a wonderful girlfriend, and a bright... Read More

Sam Slaughter’s 90s-themed cocktail book "Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum?" is full of delicious drinks, nostalgia, and just the right amount of corny humor. Puns and plays-on-words are abundant in this book. It induces strong 90s... Read More

A beautiful high school student, Charlotte, disappears from a Halloween party in L. C. Warman’s "The Last Real Girl", which gradually unveils the lakeside town that bred her. An enticing cast of suspects emerges as Reese, Charlotte’s... Read More

As satisfying as it is suspenseful, Natalie Murray’s "Emmie and the Tudor King" presents itself as a young adult romance and tiptoes into mystery and action genres, too. When eighteen-year-old Emmeline Grace is assigned to write a... Read More

"Stealing Home" is a poignant memoir about the intersections of sports and fatherhood. Former sportswriter Ron Seybold’s affecting memoir "Stealing Home" is about using sports to break negative family cycles and become a better father.... Read More