Fleshing out a family story with imagination and admiration for its heroine, "Surviving Southwood Avenue" is an inspiring historical novel. In Melissa Simonye’s historical novel "Surviving Southwood Avenue", a girl’s Depression-era... Read More

A message of love and equality is centered in "Magda Revealed", a piquing alternative historical novel that reconstitutes a figure whose significance was buried in the Bible. In Ursula Werner’s illuminating novel "Magda Revealed", Mary... Read More

Spanning decades, including China’s Cultural Revolution and the Vietnam War, the historical novel "Wu Lou" is both poignant and tragic. In Lu Xinhua’s affecting, ultimately hopeful historical novel "Wu Lou", love, philosophy, and joy... Read More

An immortal, indefatigable hero works with a cadre of displaced gods to stop an apocalyptic plot in the fantasy novel "Fairies Sorcery and the Greek Gods". In Donald R. Richter’s fantasy novel "Fairies Sorcery and the Greek Gods", Baba... Read More

A middle schooler seeks the courage to pursue his dreams amid mockery and an abusive home situation in Corinne Gaile’s novel "Saving Kenny". Twelve-year-old Kenny accompanies his older sister to the opera, expecting to be bored.... Read More

A fairy tale with an edge, Stefanie vor Schulte’s "Boy with a Black Rooster" explores a vast land afflicted by cruelty and ill fortune. Martin is a kindhearted orphan whose father went insane and killed the rest of his family. Looked... Read More

In the supernatural novel "Spellbound", passionate lovers are tied to each other across time because of happenstance magic. In Ann Charlotte’s romance novel "Spellbound", a widowed photojournalist discovers her connection to a... Read More

Gathering the stories of a bevy of American immigrants, the social science survey "Not from Here" reflects on the promises and shortcomings of the American dream. Immigrants and refugees from around the world share stories of desperation... Read More