Exquisitely crafted, this verse novel about finding yourself on the homefront during WWI makes great use of poetic forms and visual layout.
Princeless: Save Yourself
In this madcap and hilarious adventure, Princess Adrienne gets bored waiting for a prince, so she escapes from her tower and starts a quest to rescue her similarly trapped sisters.
Guji Guji
It’s not a story about starting out ugly and turning into a beautiful swan, it’s a story about being valuable, clever and loved, whether you’re a duckling or an alligator.
The Library at Mount Char
A weird and engrossing fantasy that’s both hilarious and horrifying.
Pure Grit: how American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
From Bataan to Corregidor to years spent as POWs, the story of army nurses trapped in the Philippines at the start of WWII is as inspirational as it is harrowing.
As I Descended
A spooky retelling of Macbeth set at an isolated Southern boarding school, where secret couple Lily and Maria will stop at nothing to realize their ambitions, even reaching out to the spirit world.
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
What does it mean to be a woman who insists on being in the world where internet anonymity has made it easier than ever to be judged?
The Toaster Project
Making a toaster from scratch is much harder and more expensive than you’d think. But it turns out, you can smelt steel in the microwave. Hilarious and eye-opening.
The Holy or the Broken
An interesting look at the history of “Hallelujah”—how did a forgotten track off a rejected album become the go-to for sound-tracking sad moments?
A Week To Be Wicked
A bluestocking and a rogue that hate each other on a road trip to Scotland with a rare fossil? Of course the sparks fly and hijinks ensue!