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THE SEEING GARDENThe year is 1910, and 19-year-old Catherine Ogden lives in luxury with her wealthy aunt and uncle in New York City. However, she still harbors...
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ABUELA’S WISHING TREEOn the eve of her quinceañera, or 15th birthday celebration, the narrator thinks about the tree her abuela (grandmother) planted from a seed...
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LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF HORSESThis book follows several generations of one family—as well as a few others in their orbit—from the aftermath of World War I into the early days...
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THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVERWhen she was 5, Clover witnessed her kindergarten teacher’s collapse, and then, when she was 6, her parents died in an accident while on...
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ATALANTADeep in the Arcadian forest, secluded from Greek society, Atalanta grows into a formidable huntress. She’s faster than any mortal, independent,...
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INDEPENDENCE SQUAREAn acquaintance asks Renko to find his adult daughter Karina Abakova, who has “disappeared down a rabbit hole,” and Renko says he will search...
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THE BOOK THAT WOULDN’T BURNLivira came to Crath City as a refugee after sabbers—wolf-men who prey on humans—destroyed the tiny desert village she called home. In a stroke...
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PAVED PARADISEGrabar, a staff writer for Slate who covers housing, transportation, and urban policy, introduces us to the issues surrounding parking with an...
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THE FEAR OF LARGE AND SMALL NATIONS“I’m about to journey to Armenia, to live for a year among people who I resemble,” writes Natalee, a feminist author based in Greenpoint,...
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TOMORROW PERHAPS THE FUTUREDrawing on poems, memoirs, stories, and essays, Watling, author of The Olivier Sisters , examines women artists, writers, and activists for...
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BOYSLUTThough Zane was raised in a liberal, queer-affirming household, he “still struggled with being bisexual, polyamorous, and horny all the time.”...
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DOOR BY DOORMcBride always knew that she wanted to be a politician, but it took time to learn that she could do that and be herself—a transgender woman....
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WE ARE STARLINGSJust two starlings open the book one morning. They are chilly and restless, taking off and joining other starlings. Flying for days, the flock...
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INTO THE GROOVEAn audio geek’s delight, this engrossing history of music and voice recording is as wide-ranging and thorough as one could want. Though the...
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BEAR AND BIRDIn the first—and slightly mean-spirited—tale, Bird sits on a flower, falls in, and get stuck. Bear hears the “flower” crying and decides to...
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THE BEEKEEPERIn the tradition of the blockbuster book Who Moved My Cheese? (1998) by Spencer Johnson, corporate veterans Desiderio and Frino have crafted a...
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MIGHT AS WELL BE DEADBeginning with the book’s title and the appearance of a dapper, spectral gent named Winston Ono on the first page, Goldblatt makes good on his...
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NOTHING’S WRONG!Anders, a hare, plans to surprise his friend Jeff, a bear, with a homemade pie for their picnic. He sets it on the windowsill and goes for a...
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MY DAD IS A DJTrevor, an African American tween, faces a conundrum as both the end-of-school party and his birthday approach. While his father, DJ Dap Daddy,...
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FROGSNot everyone loves frogs, but herpetologist Caviedes-Solis makes a strong case for looking at them with wonder. As in other volumes in the...
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PLUTO!Today’s young readers likely grew up learning that there are only eight planets in our solar system, a fact that sets them apart from...
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LOST IN THE MOUNTAINSAfter he runs off, Scout is left to fend for herself and figure out how to make her way back to civilization. She must make a series of choices,...
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GRENADINE AND OTHER LOVE AFFAIRS“I wrote this book because I am interested in how meaning is created,” writes the author in her preface to this new collection. For this...
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NOT ALONEIt's been five years since most of the Earth’s population was killed by a “plastic dust storm,” a disaster that threw microplastics from the...
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OPINIONS AND OPOSSUMSAgnes, named after a saint who at age 12 was dragged through the streets when she chose to devote herself to God rather than marry, is having a...
