Marcie Roman’s novel "Journey to the Parallels" centers on a family who are trying to escape an alternate reality’s totalitarian regime. Every morning on the ride to school, Amber’s mother urges her children to wave to the... Read More

A noir set in contemporary Manila, the graphic novel "After Lambana" combines elements of magic with Filipino mythology. Conrad has a terminal disease called Rose. He meets with a mysterious figure, Ignacio, who says that he can help.... Read More

In Emi Watanabe Cohen’s family-oriented fantasy novel The Lost Ryū, a boy, with his miniature dragon, comes to grips with past tragedies and forges ahead with optimism. Ten-year-old Kohei lives in Japan, where most people keep ryū,... Read More

In Jana Bauer’s adorable novel-in-stories, "Scary Fairy in Wicked Wood", a selfish pixie learns to cooperate with the woodland creatures of her new home instead of only looking out for herself. Reminiscent of classic children’s... Read More

A legendary sword, mysterious portals, and an old foe bring magic and mischief to Avalon in Rin Chupeco’s young adult novel, "An Unreliable Magic". Picking up where the previous volume left off, the novel recounts important details in... Read More

A ten-year-old girl seeks to break a long curse on her family in Shawn K. Stout’s novel "The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle". Cutie lives with her uncle, Horace, in West Virginia, where she struggles to find her next meal and... Read More

Three witches team up with their new neighbor to solve local mysteries in Mark David Smith’s illustrated chapter book "The Weird Sisters". Hildegurp, Yuckmina, and Glubbifer, along with their cat, Graymalkin, are planning a move to... Read More

This loving homage to role-playing games is dialed-in, lighthearted, and knowledgeable, frolicking through familiar fantasy grounds with joy. In Andrew Snook’s interactive fantasy novel Dungeon Jest, a wondrous realm is reimagined in... Read More