Arnold’s respect for the needs of children is evident on every page, and his perspective gives those who work with children a renewed sense of purpose. In Johann Christoph Arnold’s slim volume, Their Name Is Today: Reclaiming... Read More

Rock-bottom self-esteem, along with a desire to please, reaches a treacherous psychological cliff in Lurie’s frighteningly realistic novella. Art and pornography vie for prominence in this ultrasophisticated yet sordid take on fashion... Read More

Fun characters make for an action-packed novel that is impossible to predict. In “A“ Is for the Alchemist, James Larson has written a wild adventure that defies prediction. Children and young adults will enjoy the well-written... Read More

As the action-filled plot progresses, secrets of the characters’ rich, mysterious histories are revealed. Imagine a quest fraught with peril, elves working with dwarfs and human mercenaries to overcome a dark force, frequent weapon and... Read More

Rollins’s lucid descriptions allow a twenty-first-century eye to discern the humanity and heroism of a primitive world and time. Travel fourteen thousand years into the past in this realistic depiction of primitive society. Powerful... Read More

Majkut has done a superb job using Marx’s abandoned fragment to its fullest potential in this highly evocative and chilling narrative. This unforgettable journey into the creative mind of Karl Marx spotlights what few political... Read More

Unique island-dwelling characters teach this tortured protagonist—and readers—how to cultivate positive thoughts through dark times. In Milan Ljubincic’s appealing Island of Souls: Light Within the Dark, an unhappy psychologist... Read More

Feminism, memory, and political and domestic distress merge in this engaging, perceptive tale. This fictionalized memoir brings the pain of the past to the brink of tolerance then dissipates bad memories by celebrating simple pleasures... Read More