With careful settings and raw seams, "The Train to Orvieto" is a fascinating journey of sins come home to roost. "The Train to Orvieto" details a Midwestern ingenue’s love for art—as narrated by her daughter—and the folly that... Read More

Jeff Fleischer’s "A Hot Mess" is a substantial, science-based guide that explains climate change through history, its deniers, and the current evidence, all in a candid, accessible format that invites young people to take action. With... Read More

A spunky girl saves her town’s night sky in Katherine Child’s wonder-filled fantasy novel "The Notted Island". The rest of the world has been visited by long-awaited Colour, but Last Island remains in black and white. To complicate... Read More

James W. Ziskin’s "Turn to Stone" pulls Ellie, an enterprising reporter, into a slow-burning search for the truth behind a professor’s reputation. In 1963, Ellie is in Italy for a literature symposium. When the body of Professor... Read More

Children love hearing true stories. They are often more surprising than fiction. In this embellished true story, a homeless chicken and a black cat meet, become friends, and find the chicken a coop. Columbus the cat brings Henrietta the... Read More