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AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYONThird grader Amber Brown can be messy and forgetful, but her best friend, Justin Daniels, doesn’t mind. The two mesh and love teaming up to help...
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SUMMER NIGHTS AND METEORITESThe Jewish Barbanels, like modern-day Bridgertons, provide fodder for any number of romantic adventures; this time they’ve provided a perfect...
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ABUELO, THE SEA, AND METhe young narrator visits Abuelo several times a year, and they always go to the beach near his home. Starting in summer, the child gets...
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TOGETHER IN A BROKEN WORLDThe story opens in Elk Springs, Montana, after society has fallen into ruin, due to a disease known as the Infection that either kills people...
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TOM CLANCY ACT OF DEFIANCEIn 1984, Dimitri Gorov plans to deliver details of the advanced Soviet submarine Red October to the Americans, but Marko Ramius has already...
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CHARLES & RAYRather than lay out specific biographical details, Yang focuses on the overall approach and sensibility that architect Charles Eames and painter...
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THE SECRET OF THE BLOODRED KEYTwelve-year-old Rachel and her older brother have become national heroes after saving their country of Krasnia from malevolent dictator Charles...
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CALL OF DOODYUh-oh…it seems that evil Baron Buttz is planning something involving Poopious Maximus, a giant mound of “fake dog doody,” and a Mega Whopper...
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I WISH YOU WOULDLiberty Prep students Natalia and Ethan have been close since middle school, but they acted on the pact they made as freshmen to be each other’s...
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THE LIBERATION LINESupplying soldiers in the field requires a titanic flow of supplies, and that was especially true during the large-scale wars of the 20th...
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DOUBLE TAPHelen Warwick beams with pride as her son, Mitch, announces his candidacy to serve as district attorney of Washington, D.C., a position he’s...
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ANNIKA ROSEAnnika Rose Rogers graduates from high school with no real prospects for the future other than working alongside her father on their tiny plot...
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AMERICAN CIVIL WARSContinuing the series that began with Taylor’s American Colonies , this book explores the period that included the American Civil War, the...
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HERO/VILLAINEglinton, known mostly for tracking down the fugitive programmer John McAfee and getting Metallica singer James Hetfield to talk, doesn’t do a...
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BLOOD TORNFollowing the events of Blood Born (2023), Emma, a Dhampir born of vampire and human parents, has continued to hone her special vampire skills...
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A FOX, A PIG, AND A DIGPerky pals Fox and Pig, with Fox’s doll (Mister Fox) in tow, decide to head to the beach. Pig enjoys napping (and slurping on a refreshing...
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MAKING A DIFFERENCESome, a real estate broker and owner of residential care homes in the Seattle area, touts the residential care home model—featuring ordinary...
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WHEN YOU LOVE A BOOKA group of racially diverse children celebrate the many journeys reading can take us on. From board books (“a strong, sturdy friend who won’t...
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GOAL IN PROGRESSThe author opens his account with his own personal spiritual awakening: in the autumn of 1974, he and a friend were taking in their beautiful...
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HOW WE WERE BEFOREReporter Matt Foster, after five years at a weekly in Benfield, Massachusetts, has a line on a story that will appeal to bigger publications:...
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THE KREMLIN'S NOOSERussian scholar Knight, author of Orders to Kill: The Putin Regime and Political Murder (2017), here delves into the role of ill-fated...
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MONARCHMore than a collection of stories, Tobias’ debut is a selection of gritty, emotional character studies. Bettie, the protagonist of “Nova,”...
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THE RAINBOW PARADEEveryone has a rainbow, “made up of all the things that make you happy.” As the book begins, a pale-skinned, black-haired child takes part in a...
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OUR WORST STRENGTHAccording to Richardson, some key traits lodged in the American ethos, such as self-reliance and maintaining privacy, seem positive but have...
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THE WELL-CONNECTED ANIMALOur belief in human exceptionalism has long included the dogma that we are the only animals that create complex social networks—but we are...
