In Katie Moore’s moving historical novel "Under the Pink Triangle", gay men navigate Dachau in 1942. Manny and Rudi are imprisoned in Dachau, forced to wear pink triangles, because they are gay. They form a deep connection with one... Read More

An artist seeks freedom from oppressive Russian authorities in Eugene Yelchin’s graphic memoir I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This. In 1980, Yelchin, an aspiring artist, is excited to be included in an exhibition of paintings,... Read More

Tense and descriptive, Eva Jurczyk’s mystery novel "6:40 to Montreal" throws strangers together on a halted train to locate an elusive murderer. Agatha is a novelist who is struggling to write her next book. As a gift, her partner... Read More

David Haynes’s complex short story collection Martha’s Daughter is about the everyday situations and relationships of working-class Black Americans. Set in the metropolitan flatlands of Missouri, the stories are imbued with the... Read More

Imaginative illustrations evoke the gamut of human emotions in this picture book about understanding and expressing feelings. Apt nature metaphors make the complex topic of emotions more digestible; children can borrow the language... Read More

Jerome Charyn’s bracing biographical novel is about Maria Callas’s transformation from a New York daughter of Greek immigrants to a world-famous opera soprano. When she’s a teenager, Maria’s ambitious mother brings her to Athens.... Read More

In Austyn Wohlers’s emotive novel "Hothouse Bloom", a woman steps away from human interactions to draw closer to nature, seeking healing. Anna, a painter, inherits her grandfather’s orchard. Although it is a foreign space to her, she... Read More

A boy’s little white lie takes on a big green life of its own in this wise picture book about the snowballing consequences of dishonesty. Pepe is self-conscious about bringing the comic book he drew for show-and-tell; at the last... Read More