"Living with Viola" is the heartwrenching but triumphant story of a girl grappling with anxiety and cultural differences. Livy is a Canadian middle school student of Chinese descent. She’s attending a new school, and feels alone. After... Read More

A girl confronts a ghost and her own sense of self in the graphic novel "Junkwraith". Florence is an ice skater who has lived in bondage to the sport’s demands on her time and energy. One day, she throws away the skates in frustration.... Read More

Joe Dator combines humorous cartoons with fun, behind-the-panels extras in his collection "Inked". Some of the book’s cartoons were first printed in The New Yorker; others have never been published before. Entries of both kinds spark... Read More

The crucial World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf is detailed through the eyes of American sailors and pilots in The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, and within it the Battle of Samar, is not as famous as other... Read More

Norse gods and ancient Vikings square off inside a World War I battle zone in the action-packed graphic novel "Bloody Hel". In 1917, in Belgium, a battlefield explosion awakens five Viking warriors who fell afoul of the Norse goddess Hel... Read More

Thrilling, contemplative, tragic, and inspirational, Hakim’s Odyssey recounts a Syrian man’s difficult journey of survival. Hakim, a young man with a bright future in Syria as the owner of a new apartment and a thriving nursery, has... Read More

Mookey the Monkey: Gets Over Being Teased is an excellent children’s book that addresses a common children’s woe with practical tools and thoughtful style. A hairless monkey learns how to handle teasing in Heather Lonczak’s fun... Read More

"100 Reasons Shake-speare was the Earl of Oxford" is a probing, provocative, and absorbing work that suggests an alternative attribution for Shakespeare’s canon. In "100 Reasons Shake-speare was the Earl of Oxford", Hank Whittemore... Read More