Hope and security can be found in God, according to "Blessings", a devotional with instructions for setting aside beliefs that differ from Jesus’s teachings. Alan Carruth’s sensible and straightforward Christian devotional... Read More

The direct, poignant short stories collected in "Scar Songs" tap into universal feelings of loss and regret. In W. Royce Adams’s short story collection "Scar Songs", people cope with loss and their past mistakes as best they can. In... Read More

Powerful and distinctive, the memoir "Ride or Die" covers a couple’s struggle with terminal leukemia. Marked by difficulties, Jarie Bolander’s memoir "Ride or Die" is about a couple’s contention with the grief and confusion of a... Read More

Mina is nervous about starting at a new kindergarten; she doesn’t speak the same language as her classmates and teacher, and she is quiet at first. While she learns English, Mina and her classmates find connection in the universal... Read More

The bond between a mother and her daughter is explored in ways both familiar and novel in this stunning watercolor picture book highlighting Inuit culture. “Do you love me?” a little girl asks her mother, a simple question that leads... Read More

An undocumented teenager is charged with manslaughter and works to remake her life in Mona Alvarado Frazier’s searing novel "The Garden of Second Chances". At seventeen, Juana is sent to a Southern California juvenile correctional... Read More

Rooted in Chinese folklore, this story follows a young boy who uses creativity and courage to save his village. A strange fog rolls through Qiqi’s village, taking many of the village’s children with it, so Qiqi starts making clay... Read More

In Ken Sparling’s meditative, quizzical novel "Not Anywhere, Just Not", a woman searches for meaning after her husband’s mysterious disappearance. An aging couple leads a quiet life, referring to themselves as “the boy and the... Read More