Children/Young Adult
Monster: The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim
Monster, second in Shane Peacock’s The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim trilogy set in Victorian times, brings us to a…
Children of the Chieftain: Bounty
Though eager to head home, the young crew of the Viking ship Eagle are tasked with carrying a message to…
Polaris
Adventure, suspense, and horror abound in this compelling middle-grade science fiction novel. The ship Polaris has set sail in the…
Playing by Heart
Carmela Martino’s debut novel is a charming story of two sisters, Emilia and Maria, who are accomplished young women—so accomplished…
The Search for the Lost Prophecy
In the second book of the Horace J. Edwards and the Time Keepers series, Horace discovers that someone has intentionally…
The Tides Between
1841. Fifteen-year-old Bridie Stewart is emigrating from England to Australia with her pregnant mother and dimwitted but dependable stepfather. Bridie…
Sky Chasers
Annouay, France, 1783. Magpie is a guttersnipe and opportunist thief, struggling to support herself and her pet cockerel, Coco. When…
Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade: A Thanksgiving Story
1918, New York City. Nine-year-old Rettie’s father is away fighting a war, and her mother has been sick in bed…
The War I Finally Won
Editors' choice
The War I Finally Won reads like a childhood classic. I suspect it’s destined to become just that for today’s…
The Andersens of Eden
Ben Andersen of Eden, Iowa is a young teenager when Pearl Harbor is bombed in 1941. He watches in dismay…
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