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Publisher's Blurb: In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's Gilead River, the Lincoln Indian Training School is a pitiless place where Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to Odie O’Banion, a lively orphan boy whose exploits constantly earn him the superintendent’s... Continue Reading →
So many of my favorite YA authors have come together to create a collection about JOY! The joy of play, of love, of achieving a goal. Bring it on Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and P. Djeli Clark, and Jerry Craft, and Tochi Onyebuchi! Told through genres that are accessible to young people: fantasy, scifi, comics, poetry,... Continue Reading →
Emmy is back... with a new directive: Use the magazine to encourage women to join the military effort. But her research and interviews find that these jobs in shell factories and the like are not as inviting to women as they should be. Important issues have to be addressed, yet the male managers could not... Continue Reading →
A mother's suicide draws a young woman into the biggest journey of her life. Upon her death, Leigh's mother turns into a bird. A bright red bird that Leigh gets glimpses of in her peripheral vision... a reminder of her mother. A reminder or a sign or a message? Leigh's mother is Taiwanese and dropped... Continue Reading →
In a novel that derives its title from the smoothest but most potent bootleg liquor in the projects, McBride has given use a taste of all the characters in the neighborhood... The protagonist is Sportcoat, a lifelong drunk and church deacon who does odd jobs around 1969 Brooklyn. One day apropos to who-knows-what he takes... Continue Reading →
