An affecting bildungsroman, "The Summer Between" is about personal discovery in a period of historical tumult. In Robert Raasch’s novel "The Summer Between", a college-bound man navigates his gay identity amid the upheavals of the... 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

In Torben Kulhmann’s novel "The Gray City", a determined girl seeks out color in a desaturated world. After moving into a new home, Robin realizes that her new city is absent of all colors but gray. In defiance, she resolves to always... Read More

"Now You Are a Missing Person" is an intricate, poetic memoir that touches upon personal and universal concerns of womanhood. Spanning girlhood and widowhood, Susan Hayden’s poetic memoir "Now You Are a Missing Person" contemplates... Read More

Modeling effective, constructive problem-solving strategies for children, Little Ruth: Backpack Mishap is a vibrant picture book. In Dee Write’s educational picture book Little Ruth: Backpack Mishap, sisters take responsibility for... Read More

In Ella McLeod’s coming-of-age fairy tale Rapunzella, Or, Don’t Touch My Hair, a Black girl is split between adolescent anxieties and a battle against evil in her magical dreams. In Xaymaca, as foretold by prophecy, the Black witches... Read More

In Rebecca J. Sanford’s multigenerational novel "The Disappeared", women contend with a military dictatorship in Argentina that leaves lingering questions. In the 1970s, Lorena and her husband are taken in the night by the junta. Esme,... Read More

In Suzanne Kamata’s novel "Cinnamon Beach", a man’s death brings together the grieving women in his family for a summer of self-reflection and discovery. To spread the final portion of Ted’s ashes, his family gathers along the... Read More