In Evelyn M. Exley’s Guardian of the City, we follow Farguhar, a young nobleman who grows up in a harsh society built on violence and control. Raised by a mean, pragmatic father to be a cold killer, Farguhar secretly wrestles with a silent desire to...

In All We Keep Buried by Pamela Ungashick, a friendship is tested when Kiera is caught up in the disappearance of her friend Naomi’s ten-year-old nephew, Scottie. Everyone suspects Reggie Parks. Reggie’s brother Evan disappeared years ago, and he was the prime suspect. After all...

Roman and Niko: Everyday Heroes by DJ Stutz is a remarkable children's picture book. It follows Roman, his dog Harley, and his little brother Niko as they make a difference in their home and community and become superheroes. Roman wants to be a real superhero,...

In Kris Paulsen's Galaxy Walkers 2: Unity of Worlds, Lyra and Archie are Universe Walkers, humans whose awakened minds let them cross galaxies using extraordinary abilities. Their enemy, Saros, is a Walker who is Archie’s presumed-dead mother. Archie builds a device intended to stop her...

How far would you go to help someone? Rue is about to find out in The Pirate Doctor: Rue Sets Sail by Lindsay Gizicki. She’s a twelve-year-old who dreams of being a healer and caring for others. She spends her free time imagining faraway places...

Working Boats: Ferry by Tom Crestodina invites young readers aboard a car ferry for a day. The crew boards before dawn, passengers arrive in the morning, and by night, the boat rests quietly at its dock beneath the stars. Using a continuous cross-section illustration, the...

Quiet Reclamation is a riveting political thriller by Jared Swallow. Seventeen senators suddenly die in one month from mysterious causes. The last one is Congressman Jones, who suddenly collapses at his mansion. All the deaths are ruled natural causes, with different medical explanations. All of...

Do you dream? Do you ever wonder what your dreams really mean? In Slavica Joković’s Dreams, the author explores some of her own dreams, beginning with a dream about an earlier era, walking with someone special, only to run into the same person in the...

In R. Weir's Justice For The Accused, retired Colorado detective Donnie Steel arrives at his family’s Minnesota resort expecting time with his parents until lawyer Ann Myles asks him to investigate the unsolved murder of Brie Ivory. Nearly a year after Brie was found beaten...

In Bless Your Heart by Susann Camus, Jeannie never could have predicted what awaited her when she arrived in Greenville, North Carolina. She’s there to investigate whoever is sabotaging the trials for a drug meant to improve health, and one that has a pharmaceutical giant...

Who Is Deloris Napoleon Shaw? by Justin Jones is all about Barry March, a broke sixty-five-year-old freelance writer who catches a huge break when he wins a competition to interview Deloris, a very private widow. Deloris Napoleon Shaw has stayed out of the public eye...

In He Feeds Dinosaurs, Daniel and Kristan Dow recount the birth of their son Elijah, who enters the world after a prolonged delivery followed by seven minutes of not breathing on his own. After his NICU recovery, Elijah comes home to San Francisco, where his...

Escape From Titan is an action-packed fantasy novel by Wil Chan. Elysia Dayne blames herself for her complacency in the dragon-slaying job outside Redwood Village. After her spymaster friend, Kailin Song, invites her to Titan City, Elysia reluctantly accepts. Elysia had previously killed a nobleman...

Talking to children about cancer can be a complex task. There’s a lot to explain, and it needs to be done gently. To help us with this, Fei Zheng-Ward shares Strong Like Me: Understanding Cancer. She begins by explaining what cells are and how they...

Pip and the Hungry Chipmunk: How Giving Grows is an adorable book for children and part of Aeva’s Little Wonders book series written by talented author Zaher Arbash. The story takes us to an autumn meadow. As the meadow’s animals prepare for the cold, a...

Shane Curtin’s The Mirror Thesis follows Vivian Prespertine, a wealthy young woman raised among the manicured estates and social rituals of Barrow Island. At her father’s birthday party, she notices Patrick Weilston, a brilliant young broker whose reputation has already secured him a place among...

Sometimes what you’re missing most can turn up when you least expect it. In Kris the Cat by Ross Hewitt, Kris has a pretty good life with Queen Helga in an Icelandic castle. He has plenty to eat and an important job chasing the mice...

Kritanut Wattana’s After Us follows Owen, a programmer living in a near-future where artificial intelligence has become part of everyday life. Recently laid off and separated from Jordana and their child, Rowan, Owen is alone in his apartment when every screen delivers the same order:...

Cassian Dolton’s They Were Torn Asunder follows 11701, a twenty-five-year-old coal miner in the Rénlèi Republic, where the state placement test decides each citizen’s occupation and social standing. Unable to read, 11701 saves for her two annual days of leave so she can retake the...

Arshes is going after the Monster, her father Daelen StormTiger, to accomplish her ultimate mission: to stop the Monster from annihilating Tempestria. But that’s not the only threat Tempestria is facing. Time is running out as the decaying pocket dimension in which it is trapped...