"Red Harvest" is a gripping historical graphic novel covering the oppression and starvation of Ukrainian farmers under Soviet rule. Framed by the memories of Mykola, a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada, the book recounts Josef Stalin’s... Read More
In Shannon Takaoka’s charming novel "The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne", a struggling girl finds a magical journal that lets her rewrite her own life. In 1987—a period captured via references to music, fashion, and... Read More
"Five Hieroglyphs" is an entertaining mystery novel in which a sensitive teenager comes into his own during a fortuitous trip to Egypt. In Stephen T. Person’s engrossing mystery novel "Five Hieroglyphs", a teenage blogger who is... Read More
Michael J. Wilson’s lyrical, pensive novella "A Labyrinth" reimagines the Greek myths of Daedalus, King Minos, Queen Pasiphaë, and the labyrinth of the minotaur. The book begins with a direct address regarding the concept of a... Read More
Octavia Cade’s "You Are My Sunshine" collects eighteen stories that cast a speculative eye on the future, seen through an ecological lens. Ecological themes carry throughout the book, which also integrates elements of horror. In “We... Read More
A country’s first Black chief inspector investigates the disappearance of a powerful white man in Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s spellbinding mystery novel "The Quality of Mercy". Spokes, once a porter for the British Army, felt convicted... Read More
In Curtis Campbell’s stunning, funny novel "Dragging Mason County", queer teenagers put on a spectacular show—the Drag Extravaganza—in their small town. In rural Mason County, Peter and his best friend Alan—two of the few gay... Read More
In Jaclyn Moriarty’s kaleidoscopic fantasy novel "The Secret of Lillian Velvet", a girl armed with a pickle jar full of coins contends with loneliness and otherworldly derring-do. Ten-year-old Lillian lives in Australia with her... Read More