In You Are Amazing and Blessed by Anna Nowell, young readers meet a group of young girls who face very real worries, including feeling alone, struggling at school, being afraid to ask for help, and more. The short chapters tell a stand-alone story about one...

Mercy Leroux’s We Are Not Strangers follows two warriors engaged on opposite sides of the American Revolution in 1775 Boston. Matthew Wilcox is a British grenadier concealing his social identity, and Josiah Cairn is a young American patriot struggling to prove his worth and masculinity...

The Stars Are Always There by Jaime Maria Merrill is a compelling read, with a fast-paced plot and vivid writing that brings the events to life. The summer isn’t going well for Jess Lindsey, a month short of her twelfth birthday. Her parents have just...

Youth of Planet Earth Are Rising is the sequel to Ben Storm's Youth of Planet Earth: Arise. It's been a year since Sean Dempsey and his family moved to the village of Eastport, Pennsylvania. Sean is a senior at Eastport High and has taken an...

Do you live with allergies and the fear that something you eat, or even touch, might make you very sick? In Candace Laskowski’s You Are Super, Penny! My Food Allergen Service Dog, a little boy shares his story about living with serious, life-threatening allergies. But...

Does it serve us to be good? Prasanth Kumar Vinakota believes that it does not, and outlines his reasoning in Why Good People Are Actually Dangerous: The Hidden Cost of Moral Certainty. We have been programmed to aspire to be “good”, but this can have...

“There’s no such thing as a whole, functional, fuck-up-free human. We all have our problems and things that prevent us from being perfect.” True, and that may include Nicholas Bruechle, author of the novel All Writers Are Liars. At the very least, his characters certainly...

When the Lights Are Off by R.A. William is a powerful and inspiring audiobook that offers hope and comfort to readers still dealing with the effects of an abusive childhood and struggling to live through dark moments they don’t talk about. This memoir begins by...

In a world rife with chronic disease and endless health advice, Benjamin L. Smith presents the Ultimate Health Model, which illustrates how everyday lifestyle factors influence whether a person experiences optimal health or chronic disease. The Model has two sides: the green side, which contains...

Greens Are Free by Dr. Stephanie Bernard gives readers a legitimate system so that our daily food decisions are made by knowing exactly how the body uses energy, stores it, and signals hunger. Bernard explains that early nutrition lessons leave gaps that carry into adulthood,...

Our Hands Are Pale as Milk by Sara Kay Rupnik tells the story of three sisters and their obsession with the poet Percy Shelley. He is cunning and sly, but all the sisters see is charismatic charm. Hiding behind a mask of compassion, the poet’s...

Tracey Lyons Tozier introduces families to yet another tough issue using friendly characters to relay a message gently. In Abbie and Jack Are NOT Bad Dogs!, the Terrier family is confronting daily difficulties with both home and school life. Abbie and Jack are energetic pups...

Janice Hechter’s Where Are the Women is a nonfiction children’s picture book. It recounts the New York City Girl Scouts’ discovery that, of the twenty-two statues elevated on pedestals throughout Central Park in 2016, all were men. Zero women were honored. The girls rallied to...

Have you ever felt like, despite your best efforts, you're not where you wanted to be in your life? An inherent need for control can lead to unpredictable outcomes. According to Jessica Wagstaff, manifestation only works if it's aligned with your true self. In Manifest...

Alex Morton’s sweeping historical fiction novel, We Are Not Yours, pulls us headfirst into the dark times of a 1970s right-wing military dictatorship on the remote island of Mythos. At the heart of the story is Perdiki, a famous rebel composer who escapes state captivity...

To dot or not to dot, that is the question. That’s exactly what a bunch of colorful dots is trying to figure out in What Dots Are For by Christina Lumenara. They gather together, look around, and wonder what they’re supposed to do. Since nobody...

What Kind of Dog Are You? by Elena McBride, with illustrations by Blake Marsee, follows Nacho, a friendly dog, on his morning walk in the neighbourhood. He is a curious type of dog who loves meeting new animals. The first one he meets is in...

In Michelle Ian’s Shadows Are Falling, we follow Dr. Robert Qiu, a brilliant forensic pathologist who is carrying a lot of psychological trauma from his past. The nightmare begins in the quiet town of Fishbone, Montana, when a ten-year-old child named Benji Larsen is found...

Your Stories Are Powerful by Lisa Ebel is a self-development guide about changing the way people understand the stories they carry about their own lives. The Shamrock Story gives readers a way to revisit significant experiences so they can see the person they were with...

"My Life on Craigslist" by Alexandra Ares is a fun read for those stuck in young adulthood in a place which appears unwelcoming and unmotivated to offer assistance on how to begin to move responsibly through life. 25 year old Emily Thompson is living in...