In Michael Hutchinson’s clever middle grade mystery "The Case of Windy Lake", four precocious children are on a quest to find a missing archaeologist. The Mighty Muskrats—Sam, Otter, Atim, and Chickadee—are cousins who spend their... Read More

Traditional superstitions are the inspiration for a rich, fully imagined fantasy world in the graphic novel "Haphaven". Alex, a girl who’s about to turn thirteen, is captive to her superstitions. From the stories of her long dead... Read More

In Becky Citra’s historical young adult mystery, "Murder at the St. Alice", Charlotte ventures from her home in British Columbia to the St. Alice, a Canadian resort hotel. Too poor to be a guest, Charlotte hopes to find work in the St.... Read More

All anthologists should be so lucky: “Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to gather the best erotic work by top female poets.” Off Enid Shomer went, wherever the trail led—to poems by Denise Levertov, Sharon Olds,... Read More

Alex Temblador’s magical "Secrets of the Casa Rosada" follows Martha George, a sixteen-year-old girl whose rootless and impoverished life with her mother shifts. When Martha’s mom says they are going to Texas to visit her mysterious... Read More

Carolyn Nowak’s "Girl Town" is an intriguing, masterful celebration of girls and girlhood that honors young women of every shape, color, and identity with spellbinding, vivid art. Five self-contained comics utilize Nowak’s charming,... Read More

"It Never Happened" is a thrilling takedown of an elite institution. Barbara Van Driel’s memoir "It Never Happened" is full of tragedy, and is nothing less than a shocking indictment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Van Driel... Read More

Brush, charcoal, chisel, file, lathe, and potter’s wheel, yes, but what is it about artists’ tools like the chainsaw and welding torch that fail to impress so many art lovers and critics—as if real art can’t possibly come from... Read More