In the novel "Include Me Out", a woman tries to remake her life on her own terms and meets unexpected obstacles. Mara is a simultaneous interpreter who has had enough of a job that demands constant attention to language. All she wants is... Read More

Full of dark thrills and derring-do, Peter Bunzl’s steampunk fantasy "Skycircus" finds fourteen-year-old Lily receiving a personal invitation to Slimwood’s Stupendous Traveling Skycircus, accompanied by a package that contains her... Read More

When Maya reveals to the school principal that her boyfriend, Mike, has been hitting her, North Bay Academy fractures down its center, forcing Maya and those around her to come to terms with cracks within themselves. Shifting... Read More

Micah Good’s "The Opposite of Falling Apart" includes a meet-cute, angst, and lots of introspection as its characters confront weighty issues. Jonas, an amputee, and Brennan, a girl with severe anxiety, are hardly a perfect match, but... Read More

A story told in seasons, L. B. Simmons’s We, The Wildflowers unfolds across a little more than a year as Chloe enters foster care and the group home that changes her life in radical ways. The Wildflowers—made up of Genesis, Adam,... Read More

Women athletes of the 1920s are seen overcoming stereotypes and opposition in Sue Macy’s uplifting "Breaking Through", a text that shows how women defied the odds during a definitive decade for competitive sports. The 1920s debate... Read More

In Emily Ilett’s ethereal fantasy, a twelve-year-old girl on a Scottish island learns that she’s braver and stronger than she thinks. Gail and her older sister Kay once longed to be marine biologists. Swimming and sharing secrets,... Read More

David Michaels’s extensive career, including his time as an Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, puts him in the perfect position to write "The Triumph of Doubt", about the wide variety of scientific “product defense” work... Read More