Two young people wonder whether to board the last shuttles from their doomed planet in the graphic novel "Space Junk". In a dystopian universe where worlds are abandoned after being stripped of resources, Faith and Hoshi await their turn... Read More

While some bars in Chicago have served Jeppson’s Malört for nearly a century, in the past two decades, the bitter, wormwood-derived botanical spirit found new life as both a niche favorite and an ironic countercultural drink. That... Read More

The story of the Holocaust told through the journey of a violin, this powerful picture book fans a spark of hope into an enduring flame. Papa delights his family by playing the violin—until Nazis arrive on their doorstep, seizing their... Read More

A girl resists the limits imposed by her class and gender, daring to seek a new kind of life (with some supernatural help), in Sacha Lamb’s wonder-filled historical novel "The Forbidden Book". In a shtetl whose rabbi possesses a text... Read More

In Jordan Ifueko’s novel "The Maid and the Crocodile", an orphaned girl fights to make a home for herself while contending with a cursed god. In Oluwan, while trying to find employment as a maid, Sade accidentally binds herself to the... Read More

A single witch’s story serves as the entry point for a history of the practice in Lindsay Squire’s graphic novel "Witchcraft". Biddy Early, called Ireland’s most famous witch, practices her craft during the nineteenth century,... Read More

Gender is examined throughout diverse histories and cultures in Lee Wind’s edifying book "The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie". Beginning by introducing the nuances of gender and sexuality as they’re now understood, each chapter is... Read More

A seventh grader meets monsters while traveling with her family in Lisa Naffziger’s graphic novel "Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks". While on vacation with her family in Texas, Deja is excited to enter the territory of an infamous monster,... Read More