A teenage girl fights to save her family and an entire realm in Sara Holland’s young adult fantasy novel, "Phoenix Flame". Maddie always thought that the inhabitants of Solaria were an evil, dangerous race. Now that she knows the... Read More

The free verse micropoems of Joyce Sidman’s new collection praise the blue planet for its geography, geology, and diversity, congratulating Earth for the cleverness of her ecosystems and wondering “What is it like / to feel / the... Read More

Renée Watson’s "Love Is a Revolution" is a story of summer love, family bonds, Black girl empowerment, and loving who you are. Nala wants the summer before her senior year to be special. She wants to find a gorgeous new hairstyle. She... Read More

Isabel Ibañez’s "Written in Starlight" is a powerful story of lost privilege and a fight to uncover personal strength. Catalina is the rightful heiress to the Inkasisa throne, but she has been disgraced, overthrown, and sentenced to... Read More

The sleepy streets of a small Texas town bleed more than just Southern charm in "The Bitterwine Oath", a feminist coming-of-age story with a supernatural twist. Nat just wants to enjoy her last summer before she and her friends scatter... Read More

In Antarctica, ice stretches “as far as the eye can see,” but don’t let the stark landscape fool you: the southernmost continent is teeming with life. Encounter giant forests of algae beneath the waterline, and meet creatures... Read More

In 1859, a hungry pig and two groups of cranky settlers sparked a military confrontation on San Juan Island. Watch human tempers flare as wide-eyed animals look on in this true tale of a maybe needless international tangle—a story with... Read More

This medical memoir is an encouraging starting point for healing, in particular in its wisdom about perpetrators often being victims, too. Julia W. Burns’s empathetic career memoir "Songs for the Forgotten" gathers patient stories from... Read More