Teetering somewhere between uncanny and debaucherous, Audrée Wilhelmy’s eerie novel "The Body of the Beasts" focuses on a lighthouse-keeping family subsisting at the edge of civilization. In the Borya family, desire is voyeuristic,... Read More

Cameron Dezen Hammon’s memoir "This Is My Body" is about both her career as a musical worship leader and her relationship struggles. It is a moving, valuable look at the social structures of evangelical Christianity, the treatment of... Read More

In Jane Bernstein’s thoughtful, character-driven novel "The Face Tells the Secret", a woman struggles with new knowledge about her unhappy childhood. Roxanne was never close to her mother, Leona, who prided herself on not being... Read More

Lili has always liked her name, bright hair, eyes, and the freckles on her face, but careless words from new school friends leave her feeling sad and insecure about herself. Sunny illustrations and Lili’s infectious smile stand out as... Read More

Dream, discover, love, speak your mind, and above all follow your heart, encouraged by this collection of reveries exploring a myriad of beautiful what-ifs and maybes. Enchanting images play with scope and perspective in nature as a... Read More

Wilfred Santiago’s graphic novel "Thunderbolt" adapts the story of the controversial nineteenth-century American abolitionist John Brown, who took up arms against proslavery forces in Kansas. His violent methods led some to praise him... Read More

Bursting with enthusiasm at the first signs of spring, Miyuki ignores her grandfather’s reminders to be patient and wanders far from home in search of the purest water to entice a promising bud to blossom. The book’s springtime... Read More

Father Mark’s Journal is an enjoyable mystery that explores the hidden life of a man of God. In B. A. Trice’s clever mystery novel Father Mark’s Journal, the intimate details of a priest’s life make a point about religion and... Read More