Centering an Armenian boy, N. T. McQueen’s outstanding historical novel "Never Hide from the Devil" roils around a genocide, as Turkish forces surround the city of Van. Most of the story takes place over one month in 1915, when the... Read More

As the United States teeters toward civil war, a small Missouri community ekes out a unique existence in the engaging historical novel "Lime Spring". Jack Williams’s historical novel "Lime Spring" focuses on the foundation and history... Read More

Focused but episodic, the novel The Things They Didn’t See is about the sharp realities surrounding grief. In Angela Shaeffer’s heartrending novel The Things They Didn’t See, a family navigates the serious fallout of a boy’s... Read More

Time travelers wrestle with interfering in history in the thoughtful romance novel "The Titanic Test". In Ann K. Simpson’s romance novel "The Titanic Test", a time-traveling teenager attempts to change the course of history. Charlie is... Read More

Vibrant flashes of memory and studies in contrast mark "Out of Place", a memoir about the lasting effects of a military childhood. Mary E. McKnight’s expressive memoir "Out of Place" recounts her early adolescence as an American... Read More

Powerful and informative, Rena Steinzor’s "American Apocalypse" examines the history, motives, and momentum of six powerful groups aligned with the far right: corporations, the Tea Party, the Federalist Society, Fox News, white... Read More