Moving to a new town can be rough on children, especially around the holidays, so it’s no wonder that Matthew decides this will be his worst Christmas ever. His dog running away is the last straw. Luckily, Christmas is known for its... Read More

Written to honor youth activists Janna Jihad Ayyad and her cousin Ahed Tamimi, Naomi Shihab Nye’s "The Tiny Journalist" uses poetry to blend stories and speak truth to power about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Amid unfathomable... Read More

In yoga, the warrior pose is about seeking balance. It’s no wonder, then, that Meryl Davids Landau’s novel "Warrior Won" is about a woman contemplating her spiritual beliefs in the face of devastating news. Lorna seems to have it... Read More

Ambitious and sophisticated, "Cooperative Lives" is a diverse and gorgeous tapestry of character studies. Patrick Finegan’s luscious novel "Cooperative Lives" follows characters whose lives change when they are brought into close... Read More

Imaginative and haunting, "Every Human Love" is a masterful collection of short stories by Joanna Pearson, written with insight and empathy. The characters—students, mothers, interns, teachers––are resilient but wounded. In “The... Read More

Emiliano Monge’s "Among the Lost" is a harrowing novel about migration and human trafficking, told from the points of view of both victims and victimizers. Set in an unnamed country that resembles Mexico and taking place over the... Read More

Tired of constantly feeling out of sorts, a displaced polar bear leaves behind sandy beaches and boardwalks, searching for a place to belong. Though he ventures high in the mountains, across desert sands, and through the sea in a variety... Read More

In Michael Carroll’s Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories, Key West is “a beautiful town … the last bastion, the place of the just-misfits.” This collection of eight short stories follows the people who go there looking to... Read More