Sisters with preternatural gifts investigate an instance of potential sabotage in their small town in the atmosphere-driven mystery novel "The Mystery of the Chemic Tavern". In Warren Cabral’s agile mystery novel "The Mystery of the... Read More

Supernaturally gifted sisters team up to prevent injustice in the mystery novel "The Lad in the Lane", a story about fighting unfairness with the truth. Sisters partner with their neighbors to fight an unfair housing redevelopment in... Read More

A traumatized psychologist’s story is used to illuminate and humanize general therapeutic guidance in the soothing allegorical novel "The Fire That Makes Us". In Shahrzad Jalali’s Jungian allegorical novel "The Fire That Makes Us", a... Read More

Hearkening back to classics in style, "Reunions" is a weighty literary novel about revealing encounters with old friends. In David Adams Cleveland’s verbose literary novel "Reunions", former classmates see a familiar face at their... Read More

An admirable police chief does his best to defend vulnerable migrants in the timely mystery novel "The Nameless Dead". On a Greek island, a police inspector works to solve the murders of Syrian women at a refugee camp in Leta Serafim’s... Read More

Its illustrations reminiscent of children’s film classics, with lovely touches of winter starshine and frost, this cheery Swedish picture book follows a woodcarver as she lovingly crafts a Christmas gift for her granddaughter: a red... Read More

Nineteenth-century gender restrictions are portrayed with focused eloquence in the startling historical novel "Silent Cauldron". In E. B. Moore’s disquieting historical novel "Silent Cauldron", a Quaker girl disguises herself as a boy... Read More

A celebration of diversity, individuality, and self-acceptance, this warm picture book follows a boy’s move from Jamaica to Newfoundland, where his glorious dreads most definitely stand out. Flourishing Jamaican landscapes are... Read More