Book Review
The New Frontier
by Karen Rigby
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...
Book Review
The Witch's Secret
by Karen Rigby
An exiled witch contends with murderous forces in Stacie Murphy’s beguiling novel The Witch’s Secret. In the Civil War-era, Joya, having misused her magic against the strict rules of her Boston magisterium, is sent to live with...
Book Review
One Year, One Night
by Karen Rigby
S. L. Roman’s historical novel "One Year, One Night" is centered by a teenager’s World War II diary. In 1960, Annie returns to Millside for a World War II commemoration that a famous actress is expected to attend. While there, she...
Book Review
Between the Sound and Sea
by Karen Rigby
A lighthouse and its storied secrets feature in Amanda Cox’s engrossing novel "Between the Sound and Sea", in which a woman helms a restoration project and meets a widower who longs for atonement. Joey was an event planner in Copper...
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Prisms, Veils
by Karen Rigby
In theologian David Bentley Hart’s erudite short story collection, characters from Greek myths and literature have happenstance encounters with scholars and others. Hinting at both focused, rational ways of understanding the tangible...
Book Review
Full Beaver Moon
by Karen Rigby
A hero with a troubled past journeys into the deep South in search of understanding in the rich historical novel "Full Beaver Moon". In Peter Skinner’s spellbinding literary novel "Full Beaver Moon", a biracial teenager plans his...
Book Review
The Climate Diaries
by Karen Rigby
Gifted children gather, preparing to fight together against climate change, in the exciting novel "The Climate Diaries". In Aaron Arsenault’s entertaining adventure novel "The Climate Diaries", a capable boy joins a secretive group to...
Book Review
As the Sparrow Flies
by Karen Rigby
In Chad Corrie’s dystopian novel "As the Sparrow Flies", people fight extinction in the face of a religious war. Elliott is a squire who aspires to knighthood. He hopes to join an army that believes Pyre is the main deity. He thinks...