Enchanting and poetic, this picture book suggests a new way to look at rainy days. A lonely girl is caught in the rain on her way home; she rushes inside, but the rain searches for her. The rain is rebuffed at every turn—until it finds... Read More

In Andrew Krivak’s transfixing novel "Mule Boy", the survivor of a tragic coalmine accident is haunted by painful memories and repressed trauma. In 1929, thirteen-year-old Ondro has considerable experience working in the local mines.... Read More

Blair Glaser’s intimate, breathtaking memoir is about her spiritual entanglements with Siddha Yoga, a practice of meditation, servitude, and inner reflection that she undertook with the ashram of Guru Gurumayi. Fresh out of college,... Read More

A story of personal redemption, Jill Eileen Smith’s novel "A Deeper Well" is about a brokenhearted Samaritan woman. When she is thirteen, Nessa, who wanted to marry her cousin Lavi, is instead betrothed to an older, wealthy potter.... Read More

Hubert’s grand graphic biography "Joe the Pirate" profiles a rich, eccentric figure known for her colorful life. Marion Carstairs, later known as “Joe,” was born into a wealthy but dysfunctional family. Sent to boarding school, she... Read More

A determined Ethiopian woman enters the fight for Eritrean independence in Donica Merhazion’s riveting historical novel "Born at the End of the World". To escape an arranged marriage, Elen leaves Ethiopia for Eritrea. There, her aunt... Read More

Mysticism, spirituality, popular culture, and science coexist in the brief self-help text "Zombies and Butterflies", which prizes notions of interconnectedness. Robert Mayhew’s succinct spiritual self-help book "Zombies and... Read More

On Mars, the fight for independence grows in the satirical science fiction novel "The Second World", which focuses on an unlikely hero who’s not used to winning. Jake Korell’s amusing science fiction novel "The Second World" is a... Read More