This fantasy contains enough twists, turns, and fantastical elements to keep audiences intrigued. In a land where islands float in the sky and horses grow wings, Elia is adrift, caught in the middle of a deception that spans generations... Read More

This distinctive action novel offers an absorbing story of love and hope in a cynical and violent world. Stephanie Harris’s sexy and suspenseful "The Poet" is a genre triumph, with unrelenting action, intriguing characters, and... Read More

"Marines Never Cry" is an uncompromising coming-of-age story that clarifies the nature of war. He laughed his way through high school and basic training. Now, fresh off of Parris Island, Zeke Hammond is eager to join the fight against... Read More

Dipped in acetate, these poems strip Detroit of any pretense and offer a flawless lesson in descriptive concision. But Rowing Inland delights because of Jim Daniels’s storytelling skills—a chronicle of incidents and anecdotes... Read More

"The Execution of Jesus the Christ" uses medical knowledge to successfully bridge a gap between science and faith. "The Execution of Jesus the Christ" by Mark J. Kubala reads a bit like a medical mystery, dealing with the question of... Read More

The General’s Women imagines the most of a wartime relationship around which speculation swirled; the effects are irresistible. Susan Wittig Albert’s The General’s Women is an engrossing and humanizing account of a love that... Read More

This is an accomplished kid’s-eye-level look at Germany, including its food, recreation, education, and family life. Despite being one of the major powers in Europe, Germany is largely unknown to many American children—a situation... Read More

Featuring short but detailed biographies, Nature’s Allies elevates past and present icons of the environmentalist movement. From John Muir to Wangari Muta Maati, this book covers major environmental figures roughly chronologically from... Read More