Practice makes perfect, as Devi learns through a dance competition. She is excited about following in her decorated mother’s footsteps; she knows that she’s got her moves down. She’s dismayed when no awards follow, but her mother... Read More

In Pam Withers’s exciting adventure novel "Mountain Runaways", three siblings have their worlds turned upside down. Jon, Korka, and Aron’s parents run a wilderness training school, so they know how to survive in the wild. Still, they... Read More

With elements of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, the fourteen tales of Richard Thomas’s "Spontaneous Human Combustion" explore gruesome acts and fears. Set in landscapes ranging from mundane to spectacular, and from Chicago’s... Read More

In Kate Marchant’s wry and charming young adult novel "Float", an Alaskan teenager learns how to swim, flirt, and be herself. Waverly flies to Florida to spend the summer with her Aunt Rachel, hoping to escape the looming expectations... Read More

Three very different cousins go on a life-changing road trip in Monica Zepeda’s young adult novel "Boys of the Beast". Oscar’s father died in a school shooting; his activist mother is often absent. Matt is home schooled, and aspires... Read More