Cheryl Bostrom’s SUGAR BIRDS is an immersive exploration of loss, redemption, and coming of age in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest wilderness. After accidentally setting a tragic fire, ten-year-old Aggie runs to the woods her father taught her to navigate, where…
Several months ago, one of my mother’s childhood friends died. Margie was a librarian, teacher, writer, activist. Although we hadn’t connected in many years, she remained a vivid part of my memory of childhood, very much the color Red. At…
“Society cannot exist,” the philosopher Edmund Burke cautioned, without “a controlling power upon will and appetite…men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” A similar warning may reside in The Rock Eaters, Brenda Peynado’s beautifully bizarre…
One of the most anticipated YA fantasy books of the year, the new release by international and #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, Realm Breaker, is finally here! Following her massive hit, the Red Queen series, which was…
The Vietri Project is a novel as layered and rich as the millenia of Roman history on which it was built, and every bit as satisfying. It is a mystery and a coming-of-age novel that explores the tenuous connections between…
Samantha Rajaram is a rare gem of an author who can bring history to life. Based on true events, The Company Daughters is set in 1620 Amsterdam, centering on young women Jana and Sontje as they’re shipped off to become…