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Wise, unapologetically political, and deeply human, The Old Witches Camp is less concerned with casting spells than with the people brave enough to imagine a different future. There is something quietly radical about a novel that insists older women still have stories worth telling. Not as mentors. Not as comic relief. Not as wise side […]

A charming and informative semi-fantastical adventure that explores the web that connects us to each other and our ecosystem Pollinators—like bees, butterflies, and other insects—are often described as the pillars of the natural world, quietly sustaining life after visiting each flower. But Sara, the main protagonist of Busy Bodies, discovers that these tiny yet mighty […]

Some novels ask you to sit with one couple and hold your breath. This one hands you a whole spring week in Paris and a dozen strangers whose lives keep brushing up against one another in cafés, dive bars, and a bookshop near a rebuilt Notre Dame. Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel is […]

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A family vacation turns into a real-life treasure hunt in this action-packed middle grade mystery. The Hunt for Yamashita’s Gold is an adventurous middle-grade historical novel that carries readers across the Philippines and into the enduring mystery of a World War II treasure legend.  Beneath its action-filled treasure hunt lies a story about family, history, […]

Some love stories ask what happens when two people find each other. This one asks a stranger question: what happens when one of them decides to unfind the other on purpose? The Good Parts by Evann Normandin opens with a letter that arrives eleven hours too late and a woman who has swallowed a pill […]

A compelling real-life drama featuring a contentious battle over the nomination of a judge to the United States Supreme Court  Supreme Pressure adeptly highlights the polarized environment of 1930s America, along with the progressive groups advocating for change in the status quo. Author Victor Li proficiently chronicles the key figures at the center of the […]

Carnal desires and inexplicable supernatural encounters abound in this seriously twisted collection. Ten stories. One town. An abundance of corruption, taboo, and raw humanity. Everything comes back to Salem, Virginia, a small Appalachian town populated by the dedicated worshippers of Crucible Church, the sinners on the outskirts of the church, and strange supernatural entities—the likes […]