In Tyler Wetherall’s novel "Amphibian", a prepubescent girl grapples with new desires, codependent relationships, and incomprehensible threats. Eleven-year-old Sissy is an outcast at her new school. At home, she serves as caretaker to... Read More

A woman navigates life and death in a post-apocalyptic world in Manuela Draeger’s literary novel "Kree". Long after wars and famine decimate the world, new creatures, religions, and autocracies arise to carve out places of power among... Read More

An enigmatic discovery is the impetus for a faltering man to rethink an old friendship and a recent, raw breakup in the sinuous, surprising novel "Masquerade". Once, Meadow planned to become a doctor in the humanities; now, he works at a... Read More

The rhyming text and bright, contrasting watercolor illustrations enliven this holiday picture book about being brave. It’s the first night of Hanukkah and Uri’s father is not yet home; as the winter night marches toward them, Uri... Read More

An encouraging writer’s workbook with a bevy of suggestions to get one’s creative juices flowing, "The One Week Writing Workshop" is a helpful, exercise-laden guide. Karin Adams’s personalized storytellers’ guide "The One Week... Read More

The amusing Christmas picture book "If Mice Pulled the Sleigh" is a feast of wit and imagination. Bill Barnsley’s "If Mice Pulled the Sleigh" is a rollicking Christmas-themed picture book that imagines what would happen if other... Read More

Asked to maintain an impossible level of vigilance against nuclear threats, Cold War–era soldiers are pushed to their limits in the biting historical novel "Bunker Mentality". In Copernicus Paul’s razor-sharp historical novel "Bunker... Read More

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