“No one knows where the Midnight Circus comes from—when it began or how…It comes for those who need it.” So opens Kasey LeBlanc’s debut novel, Flyboy, beckoning those who need a magical refuge as much as does the novel’s fierce…
First off, a confession: I am a K-pop stan. I listen to it every day, BTS in particular. I’ve actually seen the septet perform in person seven times. So, as a BTS ARMY (the name of the group’s massive fandom)…
Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of taking a class with Steve Almond, read his novel All the Secrets in the World, or gobbled up Dear Sugars for that matter, knows that Almond practices what he describes as radical empathy….
Most days, Shalene Gupta, author of The Cycle, was the person she’d always aspired to be. She was hardworking, excelled at work, and had a long-term boyfriend who she desperately loved. Then, every month like clockwork, it all came crashing…
Crissa-Jean Chappell‘s new YA novel, Sun Don’t Shine, is at once a lyrical coming of age story and mesmerizing thriller that will leave you breathless as it follows Reece, a resilient sixteen-year-old girl who’s been on the run with her…
Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva was born and raised in China by her American expat mother. Her hopes of moving to America are dashed when her mother becomes engaged to Lu Fang, their Chinese landlord, whose own dreams were curtailed…