K-Ming Chang’s "Cecilia" is a surreal novella about the intense, intoxicating memories that surface when an outcast reencounters her childhood best friend. In childhood, Seven’s friendship with Cecilia was passionate to the point of... Read More

In Christine Read’s novel "Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again", a lonely fifth grader with ADHD tries to fit in at a new school. In her new school, Queenie hopes for an understanding principal, a caring teacher, and just one girl to be... Read More

In Linda DeMeulemeester’s historical novel Ephemia Rimaldi, a lonely girl searches for her estranged father. In Canada in the early 1900s, Effy dodges rotten tomatoes and insults on the streets of Toronto alongside her suffragist Aunt... Read More

In Gary Robinson’s series-continuing novel "Billy Buckhorn and the Rise of the Night Seers", a Cherokee teenager’s life takes a surprising turn thanks to a newcomer who brings news of an ancient tribal prophecy. Gifted with unique... Read More

Annabel Karmel’s My First Cookbook encourages children to learn about cooking and find delight in both food and food preparation. Karmel is a celebrated United Kingdom children’s cookbook author who was awarded an MBE for her... Read More

The members of an Algerian immigrant family cope with their losses but retain their dignity in Faïza Guène’s novel "Discretion". Yamina left Algeria for the first time as a child, during the war with France in the 1950s. Since then,... Read More

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta’s powerful novel "Ark" serves as a reminder that “home is where your animals are.” Arden’s world is on the verge of falling apart. Her family is downsizing to a tiny home they call “the ark”; her best... Read More

Two sisters form an unexpected bond in the formidable Adirondacks in the beautiful novel A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue. In Mary Carroll Moore’s novel A Woman’s Guide to Search and Rescue, estranged half-sisters reconnect and... Read More