Ken Kalfus’s novel "2 A.M. in Little America" takes a disturbing plunge into a troubled future. Before the US descended into violent chaos, Ron—fresh out of high school, indistinctive, and without a taste for factions or... Read More

Kesar’s little sister, Kamal, will not sleep at night; she keeps the whole village awake. When Kesar’s ba comes to visit, she tells her a story about a woman whose embroidered animals came to life; Kesar is inspired to try a new... Read More

For Noah, who is grieving, familiar sights take on new, morose dimensions. For brave Mia, a girl without a home, her cat’s adventure is worth an open tag-along. Destiny—and the love of their furry companions—brings Noah and Mia,... Read More

Watercolors and colored pencils come together in illustrations reminiscent of folk art in this story about getting caught in your own web of lies. Trying to look cool in front of his friends, Fox tells everyone that he knows Superturtle.... Read More

J. A. Mensah’s "Castles from Cobwebs" is a haunting coming-of-age tale. Imani is a Ghanaian orphan who was left on a castle incline in Northumbria. Picked up by the reverend mother of a convent, Imani is raised there, experiencing... Read More

Visually stunning and packed with advice, "Vibrant Interiors" serves up plenty of inspiration for adding spice and life to every type of interior space. Author and designer Andrea Monath Schumacher champions an inclusive, multicultural... Read More

Jacqueline Harpman’s "I Who Have Never Known Men" is a brilliant, spare science fiction novel in which a curious girl asks what remains after everything has been stripped away. In the beginning, the girl is caged with thirty-nine women... Read More

The line between figurative and literal beasts is blurred in the inventive stories of Sam J. Miller’s Boys, Beasts & Men. The book’s conjured funhouse worlds are both familiar and alien. Small-town family tensions are exacerbated... Read More