A girl resists the limits imposed by her class and gender, daring to seek a new kind of life (with some supernatural help), in Sacha Lamb’s wonder-filled historical novel "The Forbidden Book". In a shtetl whose rabbi possesses a text... Read More

In Jordan Ifueko’s novel "The Maid and the Crocodile", an orphaned girl fights to make a home for herself while contending with a cursed god. In Oluwan, while trying to find employment as a maid, Sade accidentally binds herself to the... Read More

Thrilling plot twists, tantalizing clues, and suspicious characters abound in "The Hennessy Lie", a novel about inheritance and identity. In Annette Masters’s intense thriller "The Hennessy Lie", a long-lost family and a surprise... Read More

A sweet, anxious agender teenager comes into their own while facing new challenges in the involving novel "Ugliest". Kelly Vincent’s novel "Ugliest" is the earnest continuation of an agender Oklahoma teenager’s coming-of-age story.... Read More

A high achiever risks all that she’s ever cherished in the hope of realizing a dissipating dream in the exciting thriller "A Lie for a Lie". In Jane Buckingham’s psychological thriller "A Lie for a Lie", a star student forges a... Read More

A boy learns resilience following a life-altering move in the arresting historical novel "The New Frontier". In Wayne L. Wilson’s tense historical novel "The New Frontier", a Black adolescent confronts racism and other dangers when he... Read More

A gender nonconforming teenager learns to eschew the “rules” and follow what’s in their own heart in the affirming novel "Uglier". Kelly Vincent’s novel "Uglier" follows a gender nonconforming junior through their first semester... Read More

Kind people make a beleaguered, artistic teenager’s life happier in the moving novel "Ugly". In Kelly Vincent’s empathetic novel "Ugly", an awkward, misunderstood teenager finds solace and salvation in her art. Nic is a high school... Read More