Writing History & Heroes: Middle Grade Fiction
One summer. Forty-six mountain peaks. A second chance to make things right. In The Trouble with Heroes, Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey
A Glimpse Into Other Worlds: New & Daring Speculative Fiction
In Allison King’s The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel, a hidden magic – the ability to reforge pencils and revive the memories they contain –
On Environmental Activism & Hope: The Human Urge To Thrive – Nonfiction
Inspired by a lifetime of activism, Catherine Coleman Flowers’ Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope is a collection of personal and political
On The Ecological Brink: Remodeling Food & Land Scarcity – Nonfiction
In We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate, bestselling author Michael Grunwald argues that the greatest
Fidel Vs. Che: An Unheeded Last Gasp – Nonfiction
Cuban-born writer and journalist Alberto Müller notes in Why Fidel Abandoned Che? that when Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia, his final guerrilla
Desperation & The Scars Of Upheaval: Three Stories – Fiction
In Ivonne Lamazares’ The Tilting House: A Novel, identity, family loyalty, and the scars of political upheaval wreak havoc when teenager Yuri, living in a
Slavery, Civil War & Satan – Fiction
Dennard Dayle’s How to Dodge a Cannonball: A Novel is a satire of the Civil War that follows Anders, a teenage idealist whose shifting roles
In The Shadow Of The Holocaust & Wwii – Fiction
Heather Clark’s The Scrapbook: A Novel begins in the late 1990s with Harvard student Anna, who falls for Christoph, a visiting German student, and follows
Language & Art In The Age Of AI – Nonfiction
Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language is a captivating exploration of how internet algorithms are changing language and communication.
The Power Of Educators: Voices Shaping America’s Future – Nonfiction
Raising America: A Visual Celebration of Educators, written by Careshia Moore with Chantel Jiroch, shines a spotlight on educators as storytellers, leaders, and builders of
Fela! The Undisputed King Of Afrobeat – Nonfiction
Written by Conor McCreery and illustrated by Jibola Fagbamiye, the graphic novel Fela: Music Is the Weapon explores the life and times of Fela Kuti
On Iran, Past & Present – Nonfiction
In King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation, Scott Anderson traces the rise of religious nationalism, offering essential