Algonquin
Leaving China
This illustrated young adult book by the author/illustrator of the award winning picture book, I Stink!, depicts James McMullan’s unique…
Jackaby
Editors' choice
William Ritter’s debut novel, Jackaby, is sure to delight readers from seventh grade upward. A little bit Sherlock Holmes, a…
The High Divide
Editors' choice
In September 1886, the Pope family is living in the small town of Sloan’s Crossing, Minnesota. One day the father,…
Anton and Cecil: Cats at Sea
In the time of sailing ships and pirates, two cats, brothers Anton and Cecil, live near the docks of Lunenburg.…
The Road from Gap Creek
Robert Morgan’s masterpiece, Gap Creek, came out in 1999 and was an Oprah pick. This new novel continues the story…
Guests on Earth
The narrator of Lee Smith’s (Fair and Tender Ladies, The Last Girls) latest novel is thirteen in 1926, when she…
Is This Tomorrow
Single mother Ava Lark is doing everything she can to raise her son alone. In the 1950s in Waltham, Massachusetts,…
The Third Son
Saburo and his family live in Japanese-occupied Taoyuan (Taiwan) in the 1930s. Her father has learned to adapt to the…
The Receptionist
During the Fifties, Janet Groth came from the Midwest to the “Big City” of New York straight out of college.…
The Beach at Galle Road
Technically, The Beach at Galle Road is a collection of short stories, but they can’t be read independently of each…
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