Centuries of June by Keith Donohue

Centuries of June by Keith Donohue

Summary: Face down on the bathroom floor after “a conk on the skull,” Jack, the narrator of Donohue’s unconventional latest, embarks on an epic and darkly funny journey through time and space without traveling much beyond his own bathroom. My take:...
every day by David Levithan

every day by David Levithan

Summary: A has no friends. No parents. No family. No possessions. No home, even. Because every day, A wakes up in the body of a different person. Every morning, a different bed. A different room. A different house. A different life. A is able to access each...
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman

Green Angel by Alice Hoffman

Summary: Left on her own when her family dies in a terrible disaster, fifteen-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the...
Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen

Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen

Summary:   The first thing you learn when you climb a tree is to hold on. Now it’s time for Harry to learn to let go…   Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane, lifelong lover of trees, works as an analyst in a treeless US Forest Service office. When his wife dies...