Rebecca Anderson’s romance novel "Whispers of Shadowbrook House" is a haunting yet hopeful story of redemption and love. Pearl, a governess, loves Shadowbrook House, the manor that became her home after she was orphaned. Pearl also... Read More

Brian Buckbee’s reflective memoir "We Should All Be Birds" is about how his friendship with a rescued pigeon alleviated his ongoing health struggles. In 2020, Buckbee was walking near home when he noticed a pigeon on a roof. The bird... Read More

A boy is turned into a deer in Simon Bournel-Bosson’s surreal graphic novel "Trumpets of Death". Amid his parents’ marital troubles, Antoine is sent to stay with his paternal grandparents. His grandfather Gilbert is an imposing,... Read More

Enthralling and surreal, An Yu’s dystopian novel "Sunbirth" reconsiders approaches to the end of the world. Though the citizens of Five Poems Lake have had twelve years to adjust to the incremental loss of the sun, they still feel... Read More

Simple, to-the-point language brings the abstract topics of death, grieving, and carrying on into focus for children in this comforting picture book. Squirrel and his friend Pock, a mushroom, go in search of their favorite bird; they... Read More