Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Jodi Picoult delivers a poignant, single-voiced narrative that navigates the early, isolating days of the pandemic. Far more than a story about COVID-19, this brilliant novel is a deeply reflective look at the plans we make, the choices we face, and how we evolve when life takes us completely off track.
A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England’s witchcraft trials.
Two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.
What if the next step in human evolution had been hiding in plain sight all along? In Phalaina, Alice Brière-Haquet blends historical fiction, science fiction, and mystery into a haunting adventure set in Victorian England.
A masterfully written, emotionally taxing modern epic! In Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver brilliantly adapts Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield to expose the devastating realities of institutional poverty, foster care failures, and the opioid epidemic in contemporary Appalachia.