Part memoir, part invitation to spiritual exploration, Amal Awad’s curious and accepting book "In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra" moves through New Age practices with hope. “The truth about humanity is that we require belief,” Awad... Read More

A girl who’s always been sheltered from magic discovers the truth about her origins in "Wraithwood". Brinnie is less than delighted when her parents send her to spend the summer with her Uncle Merlin, whose existence she was never... Read More

A nose-tap to every grownup who’s ever been wheedled into reading “just one more!” bedtime story, this is a funny collection whose reluctant narrator warns that his stories are rooted in his severe sleepiness. In them, similarly... Read More

Though they move at different speeds, Big Raccoon and Little Raccoon are best friends. Little Raccoon likes to dally and observe nature on their walks together; Big Raccoon would prefer to keep a steady pace. When they encounter a snail... Read More

Discussions about, and popular understandings of, American Jews often belie the true diversity of the US’s community, as is evinced in "Once We Were Slaves". Laura Arnold Leibman’s biography traces a preeminent American Jewish family... Read More

"Will Computers Revolt?" is a fascinating speculative text about the potential and future of AI. Charles Simon’s "Will Computers Revolt?" is a knowledgeable primer on the future and limitations of artificial intelligence. The book... Read More

As if being stuck on a broken bit of ship isn’t bad enough: Albertini is lost at sea with George, the most optimistic castaway in history. George is unfazed by mermaids’ earworms, fish waste falling from the sky, and rain clouds... Read More

The young adult novel "The Secrets We Hold" rides emotional highs as two outwardly mismatched teenagers try to grow past their mistakes. A transfer student faces intense bullying in Keira Forde’s cinematic young adult novel "The... Read More