An angry woman’s enduring pain is soothed by her introduction to a loving girl in the fabulistic children’s book The Tale of the Wicked Old Woman and the Very Nice ’Beast’ of Crouch End. Lance Lee’s meandering fable The Tale of... Read More

Handling the tough topics of weight loss, obesity, and disordered eating with respect, "Always Hungry" is a revealing memoir. Jane McGuinness’s witty, openhearted memoir "Always Hungry" is about experiencing weight loss, motherhood,... Read More

Twin sisters embark on a mission to save their father’s soul in Guadalupe García McCall’s fantasy novel "Fall of the Fireflies". When their father is injured in a mysterious attack, Delia and Velia set out to find the evil spirit... Read More

Lance Garland’s revealing memoir "Out There" is about how, as a gay man raised in a fundamentalist Christian home, he sought a “cure” for his gayness by becoming a Navy SEAL, but later found the courage he needed to live an open... Read More

In Cale Plett’s fun novel "Wavelength", a famous teenage musician sheds their disguise to attend high school in search of authenticity and love. Facing pressure to remove the helmet that hides their face during their performances,... Read More

Rhys Charles’s "Dinosaurus" is an up-to-date and informative reference book that’s packed with quality science, useful illustrations, and interesting trivia. The book’s first and largest section is a dictionary of dinosaurs, with... Read More

A spunky girl saves her town’s night sky in Katherine Child’s wonder-filled fantasy novel "The Notted Island". The rest of the world has been visited by long-awaited Colour, but Last Island remains in black and white. To complicate... Read More

Everyday womanhood is celebrated in the travel essay collection "There She Goes". These seventeen essays by women of all ages and backgrounds focus on the quotidian particularities of existing as a woman. One entry, about a visit to... Read More