"Popol Vuh" is an immersive, inventive reinterpretation of a Mayan creation myth. Jemshed Khan reengages the Mayan creation myth Popol Vuh by reimagining the Hero Twins and their tumultuous time in the underworld. Complemented by surreal... Read More

Two high school students take tentative steps toward a relationship in Moosopp’s romantic graphic novel "Daybreak". Marcus and Cog are classmates from different friend groups who pass each other in the halls and around campus. Marcus... Read More

Laws regarding classroom science curricula are examined in Alexander and Harold Gouzoules’s deft history book The Hundred Years’ Trial. The Gouzouleses’ scientific and legal expertise informs this fascinating history, which moves... Read More

Delicate and detailed colored pencil illustrations enrich this meditative picture book that encourages appreciation of, and responsibility toward, nature. A child canoes down a jungle stream; shadowy deer trek through a misty forest.... Read More

In his vivacious memoir "Crush", journalist Nicholas O’Connell recounts his recreational winemaking exploits in Washington State. For fifteen years, O’Connell has been making red wine under the label Les Copains (“The Friends”).... Read More

A drowned girl and the son of a fire clan confront evil and restore harmony in Meg Medina’s adventure-filled fantasy novel "Graciela in the Abyss". Graciela, a girl from a fishing village, falls in the ocean. A century later, she... Read More

Struggling with tragedy, fear, and uncertainty, the characters of Erin Cecilia Thomas’s entrancing, woman-centered short story collection "I Watched You from the Ocean Floor" find hope through human connection and resilience. Easing... Read More