Hayley Chewins’s fantasy novel "The Sisters of Straygarden Place" is filled with magic and danger—and love that overcomes all. The Ballastian sisters seem to have everything they need, including a magic house that feeds them. But... Read More

"Friendship" is an elegant theological text that emphasizes the importance of friends in developing a spiritual and emotional life. Arguing that the “characteristic activity” of being human is living in friendship with others, Victor... Read More

Sixteen-year-old future superhero Diana discovers a wider world full of beauty and danger in Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed. On the island of Themyscira, Diana is ready to celebrate her “Born Day” with her mother and the other Amazons.... Read More

Carolyn B. Helsel and Y. Joy Harris-Smith’s parenting guide "The ABCs of Diversity" is about navigating modern culture in an effective, loving way. Harris-Smith and Helsel know that parents want to prepare their children to succeed in... Read More

“At a certain point,” writes Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri, “the nightmare becomes home.” The entries of Petri’s collection are satirical dances through the most baffling moments of the Trump presidency, wherein... Read More

Yodassa Williams’s "The Goddess Twins" is an impressive, commanding novel about black girl magic. A few days before their eighteenth birthday, strange things begin to happen to twins Arden and Aurora. Their mother flies to London for a... Read More

In Ameera Patel’s novel "Outside the Lines", narcissism and addiction blur the lines of reality. Drug dealers kidnap Cathleen, but her distracted, middle-class family fails to notice her disappearance. Meanwhile, the family’s... Read More

It’s easy to feel anxious and overwhelmed about the accelerating impacts of climate change. Parents face even more angst about what kind of Anthropocene apocalypse lies ahead for their children. Harriet Shugarman’s How to Talk to... Read More