“Today’s residential segregation in the North, South, Midwest, and West is not the unintended consequence of individual choices and of otherwise well-meaning law or regulation but of unhidden public...

By Clark Lakomski I first tried reading Donna Tartt's novel The Goldfinch when I was 15. I hated it. The writing was archaic and lengthy. The characters were quirky and distant. And the tone was far too...

By Mia Santangelo The growing water crisis in Southern California serves as the backdrop for Jarrod and Neal Shusterman's new book Dry. All the people affected by this crisis remember the moment when the...

By Mia Santangelo In Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, Darius, whose family is from Iran, has lived in America his whole life, but has never fit in anywhere. He is about to take his first...

by Isabel Joyce Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom tells the touching story of Morrie, a college professor suffering from ALS as he teaches his last class to his devoted student, Mitch Albom. After...

by Isabel Joyce “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult tells the intriguing story of Jacob Hunt, a teen with Asperger’s syndrome who becomes caught up in the investigation of a murder. The book opens as Hunt’s...

By Isabel Joyce Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park rejuvenates the timeless boy-meets-girl story with two endearing characters who fall in love unexpectedly. The book begins with Eleanor, a reserved...