Marika

The way Paula Yoo unfolds this story is an amazing work of storytelling, and considering how little known the Chin case is, this book has as much potential with adult readers as with the YA audience. -Marika

A hilarious dark comedy in multiple acts, The Rock From the Sky will bring readers through an entire range of emotions before the final page. Sharp and funny, this is sweetly absurdist and sure to be enjoyed by adults just as much as children. -Marika

The existential musings of a cat, Penny is sure to win over any cat lover...and that's not just the Toxoplasma gondii. Realistic pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations illuminate Penny's catnip fueled musings and daily monotony...something everyone coming out of a homebound state can appreciate. -Katherine

Dazzling and gritty, Astrid sees all is a love letter to 1980 NYC. Gritty and dazzling, with Standiford's expected quirk, this book will have it's 15 minutes of fame. -Marika

In this high-stakes thriller, 18 year old Daunis must juggle systems, rules, loyalties, and her own emotions in her quest for helping to solve some of the problems that plague her community. Because, as she knows, justice is not something native women are given, so she'll have to do what she can to do the best she can under the circumstances- for her entire community. A tightly-plotted high stakes thriller combining an FBI drug case, murder, hockey, family ties, the devastation of drugs, and even romance, set in an Ojibwe community on the UP.

A surprising novel that will lure you in with it's delicious writing and leave you hungry (in more ways than one). Food critic Dorothy Daniels wants good food and good sex, and she will go to whatever lengths she needs in order to get it. She is, after all, a psychopath. At once a critique of the food industry and a criminal's account, A Certain Hunger is a stunning feminist page-turner. With it's devious protagonist and delectable prose, this novel will devour you. -Marika