This self-aware picture book turns “The Three Little Pigs” on its head. A writer starts writing the traditional story but keeps being interrupted; the pigs and the wolf have other ideas for the plot, setting, and their characters. In... Read More

"Bitterroot" is an intricate novel—a tapestry of family dynamics, generational trauma, and the pursuit of social justice in a small town. In Steeplejack in Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains, Hazel, a forensic artist, is used to seeing... Read More

K-Ming Chang’s "Cecilia" is a surreal novella about the intense, intoxicating memories that surface when an outcast reencounters her childhood best friend. In childhood, Seven’s friendship with Cecilia was passionate to the point of... Read More

Jonathan Corcoran’s poignant memoir "No Son of Mine" chronicles both his life and his mother’s, unraveling the complex emotions involved with grief, family, and acceptance. In 2020, Corcoran received news that his mother, Patty, had... Read More

In the short stories that make up Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s novel "Reuniting with Strangers", women from the Philippines try to make places for themselves halfway across the world. For many Filipinas in the collection, the only way... Read More

During the final decades of the Soviet Union, the country’s Jewish population was stuck in an impossible situation, unable to practice their religion and also forbidden to leave. Shaul Kelner’s "A Cold War Exodus" shows how a... Read More

This breathtaking picture book depicts the beauty and indomitable history of the islands of Hawai’i and the Polynesian people through the storytelling vehicle of hula. Through hula, a girl learns about the creation of the islands,... Read More

National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon’s "The Secret Library" is a spellbinding tale of self-determination and family history. Eleven-year-old Dally seeks a new escapade after the death of her grandfather, who inspired her... Read More