“In prose drenched with awe, Charlie J. Stephens’ tender novel takes a child’s perspective on the pains of being poor in rural Oregon. Knowing that children like Smokey are cast as furniture in the house of adult desires, immobile and without needs, A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest begs us to take them seriously.” —FOREWORD REVIEWS, starred review In …
When a tight-knit group of friends loses on if its members just before graduation, they decide to make a pact. They will throw a “living funeral” for each other at times in their lives when they need a reminder that they are loved. They intend to leave nothing left unsaid. I found this premise very …
This is one of my new favorite books. It’s the kind of story that validates your rage at the world (and if you’re not angry, you should be). Peopled with realistic and compelling characters, riddled with violence, and both furious at and hopeful for humanity. Everyone should read this book (but especially LGBTQIA+ youth and …
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans I loved every page of this compelling, funny, suspenseful book. Imagine “Rear Window” meets a queer, teen version of “The Lovebirds.” Bianca is endearingly awkward and charmingly honest as a narrator and character, and the good people who enter and stay in Bianca’s orbit are …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Not all these covers have a subject looking directly at the reader, but they are a 180 …
