In Teresa H. Janssen’s impressionistic historical novel "The Ways of Water", a girl comes of age in the American Southwest, facing multiple family struggles. In the early 1900s, Josie’s family lives in the New Mexico desert, where... Read More

In Liliana Corobca’s provocative novel "Kinderland", unsupervised children navigate a Moldovan village under the dutiful eye of their elder sister. Cristina, Marcel, and Dan are siblings. Their parents left to work in Italy and Russia.... Read More

A grieving antiquarian chases after a Kabbalistic manuscript in Jamieson Findlay’s absorbing mystery novel "Pilgrims of the Upper World". Zarandok, a secretive Jewish man, asks Tavish, a bookseller in Geneva, to revive his Aramaic... Read More

In Tessa Afshar’s captivating Christian romance novel "The Peasant King", an archeress and a renegade prince join forces to help fulfill a prophecy. Jemmah’s Judean mother, Keren, is the Persian king Cyrus’s chief scribe. She’s... Read More

"Five Hieroglyphs" is an entertaining mystery novel in which a sensitive teenager comes into his own during a fortuitous trip to Egypt. In Stephen T. Person’s engrossing mystery novel "Five Hieroglyphs", a teenage blogger who is... Read More

"Alessia and the Lamb" is a succinct picture book about a girl’s concern for her rescued animals. In Lorre Wisham’s forthright picture book "Alessia and the Lamb", a girl loses one of her animals at a sanctuary and learns about... Read More

Snoh’s First Road Trip is a visual treat that emphasizes a loving family adventure with educational concepts. In Jacqueline Brooks’s cheerful board book Snoh’s First Road Trip, a toddler learns about shapes and colors while viewing... Read More

"The Riddle of Alchemy" is a dense and lavish text that elucidates a storied natural philosophy and protoscience, showing its creative influence on modern psychology. Paul Kiritsis’s intricate text "The Riddle of Alchemy" surveys an... Read More