In Brandon Mull’s exciting fantasy novel "Carnival Quest", a carnival of terrors has the power to warp a person’s dreams. During the summer before Nate enters the sixth grade at a new school, the Dreams and Screams Carnival comes to... Read More

Loyalties, friendships, and family ties are put to the test in Alyssa Roat’s fantasy novel "Castelon". All hope seems to be lost when Brinnie and Marcus at long last reach Dirklon, one of the few estates standing after disaster struck... Read More

In S. A. Patrick’s novel "A Vanishing of Griffins", three friends travel through a whimsical, magical world on a continued quest to defeat an evil sorcerer. In the last volume, Patch, Wren, and Barver managed to upset the plans of the... Read More

In Sharon Sochil Washington’s "The Blue Is Where God Lives", a Black woman makes discoveries about her family and herself. Eighteen months after her daughter’s murder, Blue is still lost in a haze of grief and guilt, borne of both... Read More

Vasily Eroshenko uses simple tales to explore powerful, complex morals in "The Narrow Cage and Other Modern Fairy Tales". Storytellers have long used fairy tales and children’s stories as a means of delivering radical, even subversive... Read More

In Mia Tsai’s novel "Bitter Medicine", two haunted immortals find love despite overwhelming obstacles. Elle was once an aspiring artist and powerful glyphmaker. She has two brothers—one is arrogant, but fun and loyal; the other is... Read More

"Quest for the Neptius" is a delightful fantasy novel in which an ordinary girl is awed by her encounters with good, evil, and her personal power to achieve greatness. In A. H. Benjamin’s captivating fantasy novel "Quest for the... Read More