Family, identity, and loyalty are at stake in Jennifer Gold’s historical novel "Names in a Jar", a coming-of-age story set during the Holocaust. Lina Krawitz wants to be a storyteller and writer, but when her mother dies while giving... Read More

In Carl de Souza’s novel "Kaya Days", a simple errand leads a teenager into a days-long odyssey. Santee leaves her house one afternoon to bring her brother, Ram, home from school, only to be told he is missing. Her search puts her in... Read More

Urban bird lovers will love Rosemary Mosco’s Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, an exuberant, insightful, and enchanting book that shows appreciation for the natural world. It may even appeal to nature-loving teenagers—if they can... Read More

Set in a small town, the charming mystery novel "A Mountain of Evidence" centers on a fugitive whose vulnerability becomes her strength. In Amy O. Lewis’s thriller A Mountain of Evidence, a woman on the run from one complicated... Read More

"The Long Winding Road of Harry Raymond" vivifies and contextualizes a pivotal turn-of-the-century crime. Patrick Jenning’s riveting "The Long Winding Road of Harry Raymond" is a combination regional history, true crime, and biography... Read More

An adorable duckling imparts bite-sized lessons in this picture book about getting the most out of life. Meticulous grayscale illustrations—with the exception of the duckling’s yellow beak—use rings of tree stumps to portray the... Read More

A man deals with the fallout of his involvement in anti-Vietnam protests in "Mission in Paris 1990", a historical novel with a heartwarming conclusion. A jaded businessman reunites with an old lover under difficult circumstances in Bill... Read More

An adoring red fox heaps encouragements upon a fluffy-tailed squirrel in this lovely rhyming picture book about sending littles into the world with confidence, because each one adds something to it that no one else can: themselves! This... Read More