Red Dove is the adolescent heroine of this thoughtful historical novel for middle grade readers set in the Dakota Territory in 1890-91. She is the daughter of a white settler and a Lakota Sioux mother, though she and her half-brother... Read More

Adolescence is handled thoughtfully in this supernatural story; even its vampire-hunting lead learns that sensitivity matters. Vampires and witches take center stage in Grayson Grave’s exciting coming-of-age story, "Etty Steele,... Read More

The pieces in Children’s Stories move through teaching opportunities and magical, if under-explored, worlds. Children’s Stories by Delores Ray is a cute and ranging collection for young readers. Each story brings with it an... Read More

"Benice" is an often enchanting work that harks back to seafaring adventures of days past. Metin Karayaka’s classically appealing middle grade adventure "Benice" is set in a fictional version of Yalova, a Turkish port city on the... Read More

Manly’s book will teach children of all ages to address their anxiety with meditation. In Jill Apperson Manly’s beautiful picture book, "Ahmed’s Journey", a nervous child uses anxiety-reducing techniques in preparation for the... Read More

A Mermaid’s Journal is a sweet middle-grade fantasy in which mermaids live among us. In Melissa G. Goodmon’s middle-grade fantasy, A Mermaid’s Journal, a young mermaid writes about friendship, love, and being true to yourself.... Read More

Thirteen-year-old Silke is the heroine of her own story—a girl who knows that you “never, ever let a dragon handle diplomacy,” since a dragon’s idea of diplomacy is to point out that dragons don’t eat humans…anymore. She... Read More

Mardi McConnochie’s middle grade, cli-fi dystopia is a wild adventure across a wildly different Earth. In the world before the flood, human beings tried to correct their own folly by adding to it, hoping to counteract a climate... Read More