Rachel scavenges in a dangerous, ruined city littered with discarded experiments from a defunct biotech firm. One day she finds a green lump (plant or animal?) and takes it home. As Borne grows, Rachel becomes more attached, and he threatens the balance of power in their city.

Eleanor, a young woman with few social skills, lives a boring, very-planned life, until she helps rescue an old man on the street one day. Through this accidental encounter, she learns secrets from her past, and finds a new joy in the everyday.

Hernandez usually explores slice-of-life situations, but this superhero romp both lovingly explores the medium and holds itself outside it. Amazing art in a graphic novel that appeals to adults as well as to teens.

A novel about families, cultural differences, friendship, and a serious wrong in our history. In 1940s Seattle, a Chinese-American boy develops a strong bond with his schoolmate: a Japanese-American girl, who is soon interned, along with her family, by the government.

First in a series of gentle reads about the inhabitants of Ivy Hill, England, circa 1820. When Jane, a young widow, wants to modernize the coaching inn she inherits, conflict with her family arises. Will a horse race decide the fate of the Bell Inn?

The Bloomington author scores another win with this thriller. Two brothers lose a sister to murder; many years later, a teenager is killed in their town. Did one of them commit the crime?

This novel—a compelling, offbeat crime drama, wrapped in a coming-of-age narrative centered on love, loss, and grief—could have been the love child of Elmore Leonard and John Green. After years on the run with his daughter Loo, Samuel Hawley settles in his late wife’s hometown. As Loo investigates the mysteries of her parents’ lives, she uncovers their dark history.

Sisters Snow and Rose live in a fairy-tale house with spectacular gardens and doting parents—until their father disappears. Based on a traditional tale, this story finds strength in family, courage, and curiosity, and offers hope for the happily-ever-after ending.

A true account of over twenty killings, all related to land holdings and oil during the 1920s, of Osage tribe members and those close to them—investigated by the men who would go on to form the FBI. A little-known yet important piece of true crime and injustice in America's past treatment of Native Americans.

A memoir with all the drama and tension of a fast-paced novel. While in college, Gettleman works on a charitable project in East Africa, where he instantly falls in love with its “power and magic.” Along with wars and kidnappings in the changing political landscape of Africa, the author also records his love for a special woman.