This novel tells the story of two women - mother and daughter, one a poet, the other a teacher - and how they confronted the machismo in two Caribbean revolutions. Set in the politically chaotic Domi
Amy Stewart had a simple dream. She yearned for a garden filled with colorful jumbles of vegetables and flowers. After she and her husband finished graduate school, they pulled up their Texas roots a
An Edgar Award-nominated series Twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle returns, and now she''s on the trail of a serial killer in her hometown of Swi
;I am the last nomad. My ancestors traveled the East African desert in search of grazing land for their livestock, and the most precious resource of allwater. When they exhausted the land and the clou
;This is the kind of novel I like best . . . Great writing, great plotting, and a thoughtful plumbing of what makes us human.' B. A. Shapiro, bestselling author of The Art Forger and The Collector's A
A poignant look at boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teachin
Young middle-grade readers coping with change in their own lives will wonder and explore with the bold and intrepid Becket Branch when her family’s move from city to a country farm means big changes.E
“A riveting study of the extremes of human nature and the effects of good (and bad) leadership.” —The New York Times Book Review Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle
Everything is changing for Becket Branch. From subways to sidewalks to safety rules, Becket is a city kid born and raised. Now the Branch family is trading urban bustle for big green fields and moving
“Olmsted makes you insanely hungry and steaming mad--a must-read for anyone who cares deeply about the safety of our food and the welfare of our planet.” —Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue! Bibl
For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For forty-five years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her ow
Caroline Leavitt is at her mesmerizing best in this haunting, nuanced portrait of love, sisters, and the impossible legacy of family.It’s 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away with a mu
After Isabelle accidentally kills April in a highway collision, Isabella must pick up the pieces of her own life and, with the help of April's husband and son, figure out where April was running to.
After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and con
In Jordan's prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband's Mississippi Delta farm—a p
What if Jesus suddenly appeared and announced that he planned to run for President of the United States? Yes, that Jesus. And what if a well-meaning but utterly inexperienced band of disciples not on
Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes rea
"What a holiday! No pestilence, no slavery, no locusts, no cattle disease or atonement. No synagogue, no guilt, no mortar, and no real lesson to be absorbed and passed down to my Jewish offsprin
These eleven arresting, comic, and moving stories by acclaimed writer Michael Parker testify to the driving force of love, the lengths to which we’ll go to claim it and pursue it, the delusions
Illustrations by R. Crumb. A collection of lyrics and lore that captures the very heart and soul of the blues. From Blind Lemon Jefferson to Alberta Hunter, dozens of blues masters offer words of wis
The Reese's YA Book Club pick and 2021 Pura Belpré Award-winning, powerful, #ownvoices contemporary YA for fans of The Poet X and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about a rising soccer star who
Human-raised brothers Tinn and Cole join forces with Fable, daughter of the Queen of the Deep Dark, to stop the fighting between the people of Endsborough and the creatures of the Wild Wood before vio
“Funny, exciting, and ultimately epic. Wow. I can’t wait for the next one.” ―Adam Gidwitz, author of the New York Times bestseller A Tale Dark and Grimm“Set in a magical world filled with incredible c
"This is a novel with that exact balance of heart and momentum. Dazzling." --Christian Kiefer, author of The Animals What if the end times allowed people to see and build the world anew? Thi
Fig, a sixth grader, wants more than anything to see the world as her father does. The once-renowned pianist, who hasn’t composed a song in years and has unpredictable good and bad days, is something
Clara Lugo leaves her rough-and-tumble Dominican neighborhood to marry a white man and raise a family in the suburbs, a life she is seemingly content with, until Tito, her high school boyfriend from t
Sumner presents the story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomas, she has raised to adulthood in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico--a mixed community of Native
A seventy-five-year old widow, Sarah finds new meaning in her life after her home becomes a kind of refuge for her restless granddaughter, an Israeli pacifist, a homeless mother and son, and a victim
Tiny Haines, Alaska, ninety miles north of Juneau, is accessible mainly by water or air—and only when the weather is good. There’s no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanis
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland’s gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaimed hi
"During my life, I've spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars on my hair, my makeup, and my clothes, trying to look prettier because I grew up believing that pretty girls had happier l
Michael was eight years old on the Christmas Day he lost his brother David. The day had started out well-Michael and David opened their presents and, much to their delight, they both received ice skat
;Hieroglyphicsis a novel that tugs at the deepest places of the human soula beautiful, heart-piercing meditation on life and death and the marks we leave on this world. It is the work of a wonderful w
A four-color graphic memoir for readers 8-12 in which author and artist Cindy Copeland comes of age, discovers new talents, and finds her voice as a cub reporter at her local newspaper.A laugh-out-lou
A four-color graphic memoir for readers 8-12 in which author and artist Cindy Copeland comes of age, discovers new talents, and finds her voice as a cub reporter at her local newspaper.A laugh-out-lou
“A stunning debut by a truly gifted writer—an eye-opening read for both liberals and conservatives—and it could not come at a better time.”—Adam Grant, New York
Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina’s cruel father and start over. But before they could
NOW WITH A FOREWORD BY RON RASH AND AN APPRECIATION BY DWIGHT GARNER“One of the finest books I know about blue-collar work in America, its rewards and frustrations . . . If you are among the ten
FINALIST FOR THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION “There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko’s novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it
The journey was begun because of a father's love for his son, a journey driven by hope and anticipation, and by a belief that there had to be an answer.Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending f
