I absolutely loved Ripple Effects and Other Stories, Lesley Mahoney O’Connell’s debut collection of short stories. Set in coastal communities on New England’s South Shore, these sharply observed and lyrical stories that shine a light on people who feel like…
A complicated relationship with your mother is one thing, but Isabelle Archer’s suspicion that her mother killed her siblings in a horrific fire years before is more than complicated. Author Rea Frey’s new page-turning thriller, Dear Mother (Thomas & Mercer,…
With two critically-acclaimed YA novels under her belt—Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim and What’s Eating Jackie Oh—Patricia Park releases a hilarious new YA novel, Ambrosia Lee Drops the Mic (Crown Books, April 28, 2026). This heartwarming story…
Published just as New York celebrates its 400th birthday, Anneke Jans in the New World by Sandra Freels takes us on a sweeping journey among the first Dutch colonists through the eyes of a spirited young mother, who faces the unknowns…
“Perhaps you can get used to anything. Perhaps you have to.” Whether she will live by this wisdom or fight it to the death is the test for twelve-year-old Dolores, the relentless protagonist of Liar’s Dice. Set in 1970’s Brazil,…